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NUMMULITIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nummulitidae mean?
• NUMMULITIDAE (noun)
The noun NUMMULITIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of fossil protoctists
Familiarity information: NUMMULITIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of fossil protoctists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae
Hypernyms ("Nummulitidae" is a kind of...):
protoctist family (any of the families of Protoctista)
Meronyms (members of "Nummulitidae"):
nummulite (large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period)
Holonyms ("Nummulitidae" is a member of...):
Foraminifera; order Foraminifera (foraminifers)
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