foraminifera
IPA: fɝˈeɪmɪnʌfˈɛrʌ
noun
- 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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Examples of "foraminifera" in Sentences
- Ecology of benthic foraminifera.
- He also specialized on fossil Foraminifera.
- Nummulites and other foraminifera also occur.
- The Miliolacea are a group of miliolid foraminifera.
- There are an estimated 4,000 species of living foraminifera.
- The microorganism most frequently referenced is foraminifera.
- Microfauna include benthonic and fewer planktonic foraminifera.
- For now the higher taxonomic relationships of foraminifera are misleading.
- Ammonia, as well as being the chemical, is a genus name in the foraminifera.
- Contrarily, planktonic foraminifera diversified, and dinoflagellates bloomed.