nummulitic

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adjective

Pertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 16
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Meanings

adjectivenummulitic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegeographyPertaining to or consisting of nummulites, especially as designating a type of Eocene limestone formation.First known use 19th c.

    Such was the abundance of Nummulites throughout the length of the Tethys that in many places their remains formed a distinctive kind of rock called nummulitic limestone which, since ancient times, has been much favoured for construction.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 74

Origin

From nummulite + -ic.

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