foraminifer

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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. [Order Foraminiferida.]

– derivatives
foraminiferal /ˌfɒrəmɪˈnɪf(ə)rəl/ adjective,
foraminiferan noun & adjective,
foraminiferous adjective.

– origin C19: from L. foramen, foramin- (see foramen) + -fer ‘bearing’.

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