单词 | globigerina ooze |
释义 | globigerina ooze in British Englisha deposit on the ocean floor consisting of the shells of these protozoans globigerina ooze in American English (gloʊˌbɪdʒərˈaɪnə) a fine, deep-sea sediment covering approximately one-third of the ocean floors at depths usually between 2,000 and 4,000 m (c. 6,560 and 13,120 ft), consisting predominantly of the empty, calcareous shells of a genus (Globigerina) of planktonic foraminifera Word origin ModL Globigerina, a genus of foraminifera (< L globus, a ball, globe + ger(ere), to bear + ModL -ina, taxonomic suffix < L, pl. of -inus, -ine1) + ooze2 |
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