miliolidn.adj.
/ˈmɪlɪəlɪd/, /mɪlɪˈəʊlɪd/, U.S. /ˈmɪliəˌlɪd/, /ˌmɪliˈoʊləd/ Zoology.
A. n.
A foraminiferan of the order Miliolida or the suborder Miliolina, esp. one of the family Miliolidae.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Sarcodina > order Rhizopoda > [noun] > suborder Foraminifera > member of > member of family Miliolida
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1896 Philos. Trans. 1895 (Royal Soc.) B. 186 408 The forms which had been shown to exist in the species of Nummulites and Miliolids.
1920 H. L. Hawkins Invertebr. Palaeontol. ii. v. 198 Vast numbers of the small Nummulitids..and relatively large Miliolids..occur in some of the Upper Eocene clays of the Isle of Wight.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) V. 431/1 Throughout geological time certain genera were substantial rock builders. Examples are..miliolids as oil reservoir rocks during the Middle Cretaceous in Mexico.
1994 Caribbean Jrnl. Sci. 30 61/1 The grainstone is formed of foraminifera (Amphistegina, soritids, rare miliolids).
B. adj.
Of or relating to miliolids; (of limestone) = milioline adj.
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1945 M. F. Glaessner Princ. Micropalaeontol. v. 128 (caption) Miliolid limestone.
1981 Jrnl. Paleontol. 55 1141 Calcareous forms became more abundant and three rotaliid [sic] and two miliolid species appeared.
1993 S. J. Culver in J. H. Lipps Fossil Prokaryotes & Protists xii. 235 (caption) Stratigraphic ranges of larger miliolid foraminifera in the Cretaceous and Cenozoic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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