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FORAMINIFER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude

Synonyms:

foram; foraminifer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("foraminifer" is a kind of...):

rhizopod; rhizopodan (protozoa characterized by a pseudopod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foraminifer"):

globigerina (marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes)

nummulite (large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period)

Holonyms ("foraminifer" is a member of...):

Foraminifera; order Foraminifera (foraminifers)

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