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foraminiferas

foraminiferas is the plural of foraminifera.

Meaning of foraminifera

Noun

foraminifera (plural foraminifera or foraminiferas)

  1. Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude”).
    • This elegant Foraminifera has long been one of the best known of recent species; in its young state it is one of the most abundant organisms in the Cuban sand: in this immature form it appears a Foraminifera of the ordinary spiral type; […]1850, J. W., “Proceedings of the Microscopical Society of London. [Report of William Crawford Williamson’s paper “On the Minute Structure of the Calcareous Shells of Some Recent Species of...
    Synonyms:
    foraminifer

Questions about foraminiferas

What is foraminiferas the plural of?
Foraminiferas is the plural of foraminifera.

Words near foraminiferas in the dictionary

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

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