单词 | foraminifer |
释义 | for·a·min·i·fer ![]() 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. |
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