foram (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *foram*:
NOUN	animal	foram, foraminifer	marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude

English > *foram*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
Synonym	foraminifer
Member of	Foraminifera, order Foraminifera	foraminifers
Narrower	globigerina	marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes
Narrower	nummulite	large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
Broader	rhizopod, rhizopodan	protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
Spanish	foraminíferos, foram

HyperDic: foram