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Foraminifera

Foraminifera Meaning & Definition
Foraminifera Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Foraminifera?

[n] foraminifers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Foraminifera: order Foraminifera

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See Also | animal order | family Globigerinidae | family Nummulitidae | foram | foraminifer | genus Globigerina | Globigerinidae | Nummulitidae | Rhizopoda | subclass Rhizopoda

Foraminifera In Webster's Dictionary

\Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See {Rhizophoda}.

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