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orbitoid

orbitoid noun: any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae.

Noun

orbitoid (plural orbitoids)

  1. Any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae.
    • The larger orbitoid Foraminifera of the Western Hemisphere are very inadequately known, yet their occurrence in great numbers has been noted in many papers during the last three- quarters of a century.1918, Joseph Augustine Cushman, “Orbitoid Foraminifera of the genus Orthophragmina from Georgia and Florida”, in David White, editor, Shorter Contributions to General Geology, 1917, page 115
    • The orbitoids are larger foraminifera. Their tests are radial hyaline and perforate with a discoidal growth pattern, i.e. the chambers are arranged in rings.1983, Ulrich Lehmann, Fossil Invertebrates, page 30

Forms of orbitoid

pluralorbitoids

Words formed from orbitoid

Questions about orbitoid

What does orbitoid mean?
Orbitoid means any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae.
What part of speech is orbitoid?
Orbitoid is a noun.
What is the plural of orbitoid?
The plural of orbitoid is orbitoids.

Words near orbitoid in the dictionary

  1. orbitofrontal cortexes
  2. orbitofrontal cortices
  3. orbitographic
  4. orbitography
  5. orbitohyoideus
  6. orbitoid
  7. orbitoidal
  8. orbitoids
  9. orbitolateral
  10. orbitolinid
  11. orbitolinids

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