parkeria Meaning, Definition & Usage

Par*ke"ri*a noun
Etymology
NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British zoölogist.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball.

Webster 1913