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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Foraminifera \Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra\, n. pl [NL., fr L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Foraminifera n : foraminifers [syn: {Foraminifera}, {order Foraminifera}]
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