Meaning Of The Word Foraminifer
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Foraminifer Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Foraminifer?
foraminifer in American English
any of an order (Foraminiferida) of marine protozoans with calcareous shells full of tiny holes through which slender filaments project: they form the main component of chalk and many deep-sea oozes noun: any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend foraminifer in British English noun: any marine protozoan of the phylum Foraminifera, having a shell with numerous openings through which cytoplasmic processes protrude |
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