nummulite

名词 nummulite:

1. large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period

num.mu.lite

n.（名词）
A large, coin-shaped, fossil foraminifer of the genusNummulites, widely distributed in limestone formations from the Eocene Epoch to the Miocene Epoch of the Cenozoic.
货币虫：货币虫 体形大而呈硬币状，化石有孔的虫，从始新世到新生代的中新世广泛分布在石灰岩地层中

来源：
From New Latin Nummulotôs [type genus]
源自 现代拉丁语 Nummulotôs [种属]
from Latin nummulus [diminutive of] nummus [coin]
源自 拉丁语 nummulus [] nummus的小后缀 [硬币]
probably from Greek nomimos [customary, legal] * see nem-
可能源自 希腊语 nomimos [习惯的，合法的] *参见 nem-

【引伸】
num.mulit.ic