The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parkeria
Parkeria \Par*ke"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL. So named from W. K. Parker, a British zoologist.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.