(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:30:28

Num`mu*li"tes (?), n. [NL. See Nummulite.] Paleon.

A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.

 

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