Definition of foraminiferas Foraminiferas
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Wiktionary 
- foraminiferas (Noun)
Plural of foraminifera.
Part of speech
🔤- foraminiferas, noun, plural of foraminifera.
WordNet
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| foraminifera - foraminifers | ||
| order Foraminifera | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| rhizopoda, subclass rhizopoda creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers | ||
| foram, foraminifer marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude | ||
| family globigerinidae, globigerinidae a family of protoctists | ||
| genus globigerina type genus of the family Globigerinidae | ||
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Wiktionary
- foraminifera (Noun)
A large group of amoeboid protists, of the order Foraminifera, that are mostly marine.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- foraminifera (n. pl.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- foraminifera, noun, singular of foraminiferas / foraminiferae.
