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