| NOUN | animal | foram, foraminifer | marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude |
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| Meaning | marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude. | |
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| Synonym | foraminifer | |
| Member of | Foraminifera, order Foraminifera | foraminifers |
| Narrower | globigerina | marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes |
| nummulite | large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period | |
| Broader | rhizopod, rhizopodan | protozoa characterized by a pseudopod |