nummulitId

[NUMMULITIDE.] Zool. & Palæont .: A foraminifer of the family Nummulinida, or Nummulitidæ. năm-mu-lit-i-dæ, s. pl. [Modern Latin num mulit(es); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Zool. & Palæont.: A family of Foraminifera, suborder Per for at a. They have various chambers, connected by a system of ve els or canals, which are continued in a spiral manner along the upper and lower edges of the chambers. The complexity of the test or shell varies in different genera. Called also Nummulinida and Nummulitidea. num-mu-11-tid-e-a, subst. pl. [Modern Latin nummulit(es); Latin neut. pl. adj. suff. -idea.] [NUMMULITIDE.] *numps, *nump, s. [For nums , contraction of numskull (q. v.).] A dolt, a numskull, a blockhead. năm-skull, s. [Eng. num=numb, and skull .] A dolt, a blockhead, a dunce, a stupid fellow.