FORAMINIFERA

Foraminifera, order Foraminifera

(noun) foraminifers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

foraminifera (plural foraminiferas or foraminifera)

Any of a large group of amoeboid protists, of the order Foraminifera, that are mostly marine.

Source: Wiktionary


Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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