foraminiferan

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Definitions of foraminiferan word

noun plural foraminiferan 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. 1
noun foraminiferan (zoology, palaeontology) An organism of the phylum Foraminifera; a foraminifer. 1
noun foraminiferan a kind of protozoan with a calcareous, often perforated, shell 0

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

1835-45; < New Latin Foraminifera, equivalent to Latin forāmin-, stem of forāmen foramen + -ifera; see -i-, -fer

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