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siphoninid

siphoninid noun: a foraminifer of the family Siphoninoidea.

Noun

siphoninid (plural siphoninids)

  1. A foraminifer of the family Siphoninoidea.
    • Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.2003, Donald R. Prothero, From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition

Forms of siphoninid

pluralsiphoninids

Questions about siphoninid

What does siphoninid mean?
Siphoninid means a foraminifer of the family Siphoninoidea.
What part of speech is siphoninid?
Siphoninid is a noun.
What is the plural of siphoninid?
The plural of siphoninid is siphoninids.

Words near siphoninid in the dictionary

  1. siphoniferous
  2. siphoniform
  3. siphoning
  4. siphoning the python
  5. siphonings
  6. siphoninid
  7. siphoninids
  8. siphonium
  9. siphonless
  10. siphonlike
  11. siphono-

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