ALL meanings of nummulite
num·mu·lite
N n - noun nummulite a fossil foraminifer of the genus Camerina (Nummulites), having a calcareous, usually disklike shell. 1
- noun nummulite The flat disk-shaped calcareous shell of a foraminifer, found commonly as a fossil up to 8 cm across in marine Tertiary deposits. 1
- noun nummulite any of various large fossil protozoans of the family Nummulitidae, common in Tertiary times: phylum Foraminifera (foraminifers) 0
- noun nummulite any of a genus (Nummulites) of nearly extinct foraminifera with a somewhat coin-shaped shell 0