chamberletn.
/ˈtʃeɪmbəlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪmbərlət/ Zoology.
In a foraminiferan: a minute chamber or subdivision of the test.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [noun] > a cavity or hollow > very small
chamberlet1862
the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Sarcodina > order Rhizopoda > [noun] > suborder Foraminifera > member of > shell > chamber of
chamberlet1862
1862 W. B. Carpenter Microscope (ed. 3) x. 500 A ring of small chambers (or chamberlets) is formed around the primordial chamber.
1927 Jrnl. Paleontol. 1 188 The horizontal section shows a spiral..which is divided by strongly curved primary wall into chambers, which are again subdivided into chamberlets.
1957 New Biol. 24 22 The regeneration of a broken chamberlet in the giant Orbitolites.
2004 Micropaleontology 50 399 (caption) Orbitosiphon has lateral chamberlets at both sides.
Derivatives
ˈchamberletted adj. rare.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > class Sarcodina > order Rhizopoda > [adjective] > relating to Foraminifera > of shell > having chambers
chamberletted1883
1883 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 174 567 A chamberletted disk of one storey, commencing as an orbiculine spire, but subsequently increasing by annular additions.
1972 Jrnl. Paleontol. 46 728/1 The uncoiled and chamberletted stages..may represent adaptation for discoidal attachment in high energy environments.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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