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foraminiferons

foraminiferons is the plural of foraminiferon.

Meaning of foraminiferon

Noun

foraminiferon (plural foraminifera or foraminiferons)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) Synonym of foraminifer.
    • In this process in foraminifera the nuclear fragmentation which Hertwig described in Actinosphaerium, and which Schaudinn identified with “Chromidien”-formation, is evidently the same thing as these processes which Carter and Wallich observed long ago and vaguely interpreted as reproductive...1833, The Shipley Collection of Scientific Papers, page 11
    Synonyms:
    foraminifer

Questions about foraminiferons

What is foraminiferons the plural of?
Foraminiferons is the plural of foraminiferon.

Words near foraminiferons in the dictionary

  1. foraminiferological
  2. foraminiferologist
  3. foraminiferologists
  4. foraminiferology
  5. foraminiferon
  6. foraminiferons
  7. foraminiferous
  8. foraminifers
  9. foraminiferum
  10. foraminoplasty
  11. foraminose

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