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protist
biloculine
neoschwagerinid
granuloreticulosan
juvenarium
trochospiral
cibicidid
siphoninid
aquatic
foram
planulinid
calcareous
ectoplasm
amoeboid
gavelinellid
foraminiferal
pseudopod
megalospheric
fusulinoidean
elphidiid
microspheric
staffellid
rotalite
orbitoid
foraminiferan
toothplate
shell
nodosarine
foraminifers
anomalinid
nonion
textularid
foraminifera
Definitions:
Noun
foram
foraminifer
Definition: marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
Definition: Any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.