Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fossil rotalian or rotaline.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See
Illust. underrhizopod .
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- noun paleontology Any
fossil foraminifer of thegenus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation.
Etymologies
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Latin rotalis ("having wheels")
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