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Noun: foraminifer  ,fo-ru'mi-nu-fu(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

Nearest

for the most part
for the record
for the time being
forage
forager
foraging
foram
foramen
foramen magnum
foramen of Monro
foraminifer
Foraminifera
foraminous
forasmuch as
foray
foray into
forayer
forb
forbear
forbearance
forbearing