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nummulite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
num-mulite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.

Etymology

From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name). By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: nummulite, nummulus

Inflected Forms

nummulites (plural)

Derived Forms

nummulitic

Synonyms

Pharaoh's beans Pharaoh's pence nummuline

Questions

What does nummulite mean?
A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
Where does nummulite come from?
It is traced to French.

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