Foraminifer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of the chiefly marine protozoans of the order Foraminifera, characteristically having a calcareous shell with perforations through which numerous pseudopods protrude.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of several large marine protozoans, of the subphylum Foraminifera, that have a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the Foraminifera.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One of the Foraminifera.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rhizopod    rhizopodan   
    Hyponym
    globigerina    nummulite   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    foram   
     
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