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Webster 1913 Edition

Nummulite

Num′mu-lite

,

Noun.

[L.

nummus

a coin +

-lite

: cf. F.

nummulite

.]

(Paleon.)

A fossil of the genus

Nummulites

and allied genera.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nummulite

NUM'MULITE

,

Noun.

[L., money.] Fossil remains of a chambered shell of a flattened form, formerly mistaken for money.