foraminifer
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əˈmɪn noun, plural for·a·min·i·fers, fo·ram·i·nif·er·a [fuh-ram-uh-nif-er-uh] .
[fuh-ram-uh-nif-er-uh] . 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.
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| —n | |
| globigerina See also nummulite Often shortened to: foram any marine protozoan of the phylum Foraminifera, having a shell with numerous openings through which cytoplasmic processes protrude | |
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| foraminiferal | |
| —adj | |
| forami'niferous | |
| —adj | |
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Arrow points to the shell of a foraminifer, a calcifying protozoan.
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