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FORAMINIFERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Foraminifera mean?
• FORAMINIFERA (noun)
The noun FORAMINIFERA has 1 sense:
1. foraminifers
Familiarity information: FORAMINIFERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Foraminifers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Foraminifera; order Foraminifera
Hypernyms ("Foraminifera" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Foraminifera"):
foram; foraminifer (marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude)
family Globigerinidae; Globigerinidae (a family of protoctists)
genus Globigerina (type genus of the family Globigerinidae)
family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae (a family of fossil protoctists)
Holonyms ("Foraminifera" is a member of...):
Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)
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