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NUMMULITIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of fossil protoctists
Synonyms:
family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae
Classified under:
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)