名詞 nummulite:

1. large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period

num.mu.lite

n.（名詞）
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.
貨幣蟲(chóng)：貨幣蟲(chóng) 體形大而呈硬幣狀，化石有孔的蟲(chóng)，從始新世到新生代的中新世廣泛分布在石灰?guī)r地層中

來(lái)源：
From New Latin Nummulotôs [type genus]
源自 現(xiàn)代拉丁語(yǔ) Nummulotôs [種屬]
from Latin nummulus [diminutive of] nummus [coin]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) nummulus [] nummus的小后綴 [硬幣]
probably from Greek nomimos [customary, legal] * see nem-
可能源自 希臘語(yǔ) nomimos [習(xí)慣的，合法的] *參見(jiàn) nem-

【引伸】
num.mulit.ic