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FORAMINIFERA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Foraminifers

Synonyms:

Foraminifera; order Foraminifera

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Foraminifera"):

foram; foraminifer (marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude)

family Globigerinidae; Globigerinidae (a family of protoctists)

genus Globigerina (type genus of the family Globigerinidae)

family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae (a family of fossil protoctists)

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

Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)

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