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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude;
[syn: foram, foraminifer]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foraminifer \For`a*min"i*fer\, n. (Zool.)
   One of the Foraminifera.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foraminifer
    n 1: marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with
         openings where pseudopods protrude [syn: foram,
         foraminifer]