foraminiferas

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A form of foraminifera — Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude”).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of foraminifera
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