HyperDic: foraminifer

English > 1 sense of the word foraminifer:
NOUNanimalforaminifer, forammarine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
English > foraminifer: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmarine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
Synonymforam
Member ofForaminifera, order Foraminiferaforaminifers
Narrowerglobigerinamarine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes
nummulitelarge fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
Broaderrhizopod, rhizopodanprotozoa characterized by a pseudopod
Spanishforaminíferos, foram

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