for·a·min·i·fer 
(fôr′ə-mĭnə-fər, fŏr′-) also fo·ram·i·nif·er·an (fə-răm′ə-nĭfər-ən)
(fôr′ə-mĭnə-fər, fŏr′-) also fo·ram·i·nif·er·an (fə-răm′ə-nĭfər-ən)n.
Any of numerous chiefly marine protozoans of the order (or phylum) Foraminifera, characteristically having a calcareous shell with perforations through which numerous pseudopods protrude. The shells accumulate on the ocean floor as sediment.
[From New Latin Forāminifera, order name : Latin forāmen, forāmin-, an opening + Latin -fer, -fer.]
fo·ram′i·nifer·al adj.
- running knot
- running light
- running mate
- running noose
- running start
- running stitch
- runny
- Runnymede
- run off
- runoff
- run off at the mouth
- run off with
- run-of-the-mill
- run on
- run-on
- run (one's) eyes over
- run one's eyes over
- run-on sentence
- run out
- runout
- run out of
- run out of gas
- run out of gas/steam
- run out of steam
- run out on