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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.