单词 | foraminifer |
释义 | foraminifer —foraminiferal, foraminiferous, adj. /fawr'euh min"euh feuhr, for'-/, n. , pl. foraminifers, foraminifera /feuh ram'euh nif"euhr euh/. any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend. Also called foraminiferan /feuh ram'euh nif"euhr euhn/, foram. [1835-45; < NL Foraminifera, equiv. to L foramin-, s. of foramen FORAMEN + -ifera; see -I-, -FER] |
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