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Noun: foraminifer  `foru'minufu(r)
  1. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
    - foram

Derived forms: foraminifers

Type of: rhizopod, rhizopodan

Part of: Foraminifera, order Foraminifera

Encyclopedia: Foraminifer