foraminifer
fo·ra·mi·nifer
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1.
marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
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Borrowed from French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), from French Foraminifères, coined by the French naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny (1802-1857) in an 1826 article. By surface analysis, Latin forāmen (“apertures, holes”, stem foramin-) + -fer (“bearing”).
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