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foraminifer

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌfɒɹəˈmɪnɪfə/Part of speech nounSorted aeffiimnorrStarts with FEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude

Word origin

Borrowed from French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), from French Foraminifères, coined by the French naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny (1802–1857) in an 1826 article. By surface analysis, Latin forāmen (“apertures, holes”, stem foramin-) + -fer (“bearing”).

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  • The Heterostegina-bed at Malta is not without smaller Foraminifers (some of which we can identify,—as the Globigerina bulloides, Truncatulina lobatula, &c.), but the matrix is too stubborn to yield all its treasures.

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