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foraminiferum

foraminiferum noun: synonym of foraminifer.

Noun

foraminiferum (plural foraminifera)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) Synonym of foraminifer.
    • The third is a conglomerate of very minute tuff-grains, each enveloping a nucleus which proved on examination to be either a foraminiferum, a mollusk or, more rarely, a rounded particle of semi-transparent quartz.1852, W[illiam] F. Lynch, “Reconnaissance of Route from the Bŭqâ’ at ’Ain Lijjy to Beirût”, in Official Report of the United States’ Expedition to Explore the Dead Sea and the River Jordan...
    • Mr. Hammond felt something of this practical education as he stood watching the dissolution of the grey chalk cliffs on the horizon, as the earthly kingdom, with its surging, struggling millions, its royalty and intellect, splendour and wisdom, had become but a faint outline on the narrow sea of a...1870, Lucius O’Brien Blake, “Un ami de Voyage”, in Rich and Rare, a Tale of Anglo-Italian Life, volume I, London: T. Cautley Newby, […], page 12
    Synonyms:
    foraminifer

Examples of foraminiferum in a sentence

  • The whole concern merely a foraminiferum of creation.1870, Lucius O’Brien Blake, “Un ami de Voyage”, in Rich and Rare, a Tale of Anglo-Italian Life, volume I, London: T. Cautley Newby, […]...
  • Movements of intracellular particles along the lamellipodium formed by the foraminiferum Allogromia laticollaris.1988, Alexander D. Bershadsky, Juri M. Vasiliev, “Rotational Movements of Organelles and Cytoplasm”, in Philip Siekevitz, editor...
  • When a foraminiferum dies, its shell sinks onto the seabed.2002, “The Neanderthals”, in Andy Klatt, transl., The Neanderthal’s Necklace: In Search of the First Thinkers, Four Walls Eight Windows...

Synonyms of foraminiferum

Forms of foraminiferum

pluralforaminifera

Questions about foraminiferum

What does foraminiferum mean?
Foraminiferum means synonym of foraminifer.
How do you use foraminiferum in a sentence?
The whole concern merely a foraminiferum of creation.
What part of speech is foraminiferum?
Foraminiferum is a noun.
What is the plural of foraminiferum?
The plural of foraminiferum is foraminifera.

Words near foraminiferum in the dictionary

  1. foraminiferology
  2. foraminiferon
  3. foraminiferons
  4. foraminiferous
  5. foraminifers
  6. foraminiferum
  7. foraminoplasty
  8. foraminose
  9. foraminotomies
  10. foraminotomy
  11. foraminous

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