Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Foraminifera"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foraminifera \Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen,
-aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a
chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids.
Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some
species are covered with sand. See {Rhizophoda}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Foraminifera
n : foraminifers [syn: {Foraminifera}, {order Foraminifera}]
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