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foraminiferans

foraminiferans is the plural of foraminiferan.

Meaning of foraminiferan

Noun

foraminiferan (plural foraminiferans)

  1. An organism of the phylum Foraminifera; a foraminifer.
    • Eocene foraminiferans are very different from Pliocene ones, and even within the Eocene there are many fine time divisions that can be recognised using foraminifera.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 146
    Synonyms:
    foraminifer, foram

Questions about foraminiferans

What is foraminiferans the plural of?
Foraminiferans is the plural of foraminiferan.

Words near foraminiferans in the dictionary

  1. foraminations
  2. foraminifer
  3. foraminifera
  4. foraminiferal
  5. foraminiferan
  6. foraminiferans
  7. foraminiferas
  8. foraminiferid
  9. foraminiferids
  10. foraminiferivore
  11. foraminiferivores

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