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