Orbitolina

noun

Or·​bi·​to·​li·​na

-lēnə

: a genus of foraminiferans very abundant in the Cretaceous having a bowl-shaped or depressed conic siliceous test with agglutinated sandy particles

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Orbitolites + -ina

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