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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Globigerina \Glo*big`e*ri"na\, n.; pl {Globigerin[ae]}. [NL., fr L. globus a round body + gerere to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of {Foraminifera}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: globigerina n : marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes
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