foraminiferous
foraminiferous adjective: having small openings, or foramina.
Adjective
foraminiferous (comparative more foraminiferous, superlative most foraminiferous)
- Having small openings, or foramina.
- foraminiferous deposits
- Pertaining to, or composed of, foraminifers.
- foraminiferous mud
- foraminiferous rocks
Forms of foraminiferous
| comparative | more foraminiferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most foraminiferous |
Words that rhyme with foraminiferous
- melliferous
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- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
- calcariferous
Questions about foraminiferous
- What does foraminiferous mean?
- Foraminiferous means having small openings, or foramina.
- What part of speech is foraminiferous?
- Foraminiferous is an adjective.
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