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globothalamean

US/ˌɡloʊ.boʊˌθæ.ləˈmeɪ.ən/

globothalamean adjective: relating to or characteristic of the foraminifers of the class Globothalamea, especially in relation to their globular chambers which characterize their shells.

globothalamean: relating to or characteristic of the foraminifers of the class Globothalamea, especially in...
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Adjective

globothalamean (comparative more globothalamean, superlative most globothalamean)

  1. Relating to or characteristic of the foraminifers of the class Globothalamea, especially in relation to their globular chambers which characterize their shells.
    • globothalamean foraminifera
    • Globothalamean foraminifera (Pawlowski et al., 2013) colonized nearly all marine paleoenvironments, including benthic and planktonic habitats.2017 April, Jarosław Tyszka, Ulf Bickmeyer, Jelle Bijma, Jan Goleń, Markus Raitzsch, Karina Kaczmarek, Paweł Topa, “Morphogenesis of chamber formation in globothalamean Foraminifera”, in Grzybowski...

Noun

globothalamean (plural globothalameans)

  1. Any foraminifer of the class Globothalamea, differentiated by their globular shell chambers.
    • Globothalameans possess globular chambers and minimal distances between successive apertures; tubothalameans possess tubular chambers and maximal distances between apertures; lagenids, like Tubothalamea, are characterised by maximal distances between apertures (related with terminal chamber...2019, Zofia Dubicka, “Chamber arrangement versus wall structure in the high-rank phylogenetic classification of Foraminifera”, in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
    • In both tubothalameans and globothalameans, the chambers more or less coil around the proloculus to form a spiral.2020 September 25, Christopher Taylor, “The Glandulinid Position”, in Catalogue of Organisms

Forms of globothalamean

Adjective
comparativemore globothalamean
superlativemost globothalamean
Noun
pluralglobothalameans

Origin of globothalamean

From translingual Globothalamea + -an, further from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”) + Ancient Greek θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos, “inner room, chamber”) + translingual -ea (abstract-noun suffix).

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Questions about globothalamean

What does globothalamean mean?
Globothalamean means relating to or characteristic of the foraminifers of the class Globothalamea, especially in relation to their globular chambers which characterize their shells.
What part of speech is globothalamean?
Globothalamean can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce globothalamean?
Globothalamean is pronounced /ˌɡloʊ.boʊˌθæ.ləˈmeɪ.ən/ (US).

Words near globothalamean in the dictionary

  1. globosides
  2. globosities
  3. globosity
  4. globotetraose
  5. globotetraosylceramide
  6. globothalamean
  7. globotriaosyl
  8. globotriaosylceramide
  9. globotriaosylceramides
  10. globotriaosylsphingosine
  11. globotriceramide

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