FORAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does foram mean? 

• FORAM (noun)
  The noun FORAM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FORAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

foram; foraminifer

Hypernyms ("foram" is a kind of...):

rhizopod; rhizopodan (protozoa characterized by a pseudopod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foram"):

globigerina (marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes)

nummulite (large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period)

Holonyms ("foram" is a member of...):

Foraminifera; order Foraminifera (foraminifers)