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Foraminifera   Listen
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Foraminifera  n. pl.  (Zool.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.





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... lakes, mud, sand, and pebbles are annually spread out by rivers and currents. There are also great masses of limestone growing in some seas, chiefly composed of corals and shells, or, as in the depths of the Atlantic, of chalky mud made up of foraminifera and diatomaceae. ...
— The Harvard Classics Volume 38 - Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) • Various


Words linked to "Foraminifera" :   genus Globigerina, animal order, order Foraminifera, foraminifer, family Globigerinidae, Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda, Globigerinidae, Nummulitidae, family Nummulitidae


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