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foraminifer
N โปร โต ซัว พวก Foraminifera มี เปลือก แข็ง ที่ มี รู
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FORAMINIFER
FORAMINIFER For `a *min "i *fer, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the foraminifera.
FORAMINIFERA
Fo *ram `i *nif "e *ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
FORAMINIFEROUS
FORAMINIFEROUS Fo *ram `i *nif "er *ous, a.
1. Having small openings, or foramina.
2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
New American Oxford Dictionary
foraminifer
for a min i fer |ˌfôrəˈminəfər, ˌfär -ˌfɔrəˈmɪnəfər | ▶noun ( pl. foraminifers or foraminifera |fəˌraməˈnifərə | ) Zoology a single-celled planktonic animal with a perforated chalky shell through which slender protrusions of protoplasm extend. Most kinds are marine, and when they die, their shells form thick ocean-floor sediments. See also globigerina. [Order Foraminiferida, phylum Rhizopoda, kingdom Protista. ] DERIVATIVES fo ram i nif er al |fəˌraməˈnifərəl |adjective, fo ram i nif er an |fəˌraməˈnifərən |noun & adjective, fo ram i nif er ous |fəˌraməˈnifərəs |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin foramen, foramin- (see foramen ) + -fer ‘bearing ’ (from ferre ‘to bear ’).
Oxford Dictionary
foraminifer
foraminifer |ˌfɒrəˈmɪnɪfə | ▶noun ( pl. foraminifers or foraminifera |ˌfɒrəmɪˈnɪf (ə )rə | ) Zoology a single-celled planktonic animal with a perforated chalky shell through which slender protrusions of protoplasm extend. Most kinds are marine, and when they die thick ocean-floor sediments are formed from their shells. See also globigerina. ●Order Foraminiferida, phylum Rhizopoda, kingdom Protista. DERIVATIVES foraminiferal |ˌfɒrəmɪˈnɪf (ə )rəl |adjective, foraminiferan |ˌfɒrəmɪˈnɪf (ə )rən |noun & adjective, foraminiferous |-ˈnɪf (ə )rəs |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin foramen, foramin- (see foramen ) + -fer ‘bearing ’ (from ferre ‘to bear ’).
Duden Dictionary
Foraminifere
Fo ra mi ni fe re Substantiv, feminin , die |Foraminif e re |die Foraminifere; Genitiv: der Foraminifere, Plural: die Foraminiferen meist im Plural lateinisch-neulateinisch im Meer lebender Wurzelfüßer mit ein- oder mehrkammeriger Schale und fadenförmigen Scheinfüßchen
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