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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌfɒɹəˈmɪnɪfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfɔɹəˈmɪnəfɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-foraminifer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: foraminifers [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), from French Foraminifères, coined by the French naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny (1802–1857) in an 1826 article. Foraminifère is derived from Latin forāmina (“apertures, holes”) + -fer (“-bearing”). Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Ammonia beccarii|species}} Ammonia beccarii, {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰerH-|*-mn̥|*bʰer-|id=pierce}}, {{bor|en|fr|foraminifère|t=foraminifer, foraminifera}} French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), {{der|en|fr|Foraminifères}} French Foraminifères, {{der|en|la|forāmina|t=apertures, holes}} Latin forāmina (“apertures, holes”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} foraminifer (plural foraminifers)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Alcide d’Orbigny, Annales des sciences naturelles, Jean Victor Audouin, Jean-Baptiste Dumas Categories (lifeform): Foraminifera Synonyms: foram, foraminifera, foraminiferan, foraminiferid, foraminiferon [nonstandard, obsolete], foraminiferum Derived forms: foram, foraminiferal, foraminiferivore, foraminiferivorous, foraminiferological, foraminiferologist, foraminiferology, foraminiferous Related terms: foramen, Foraminifera, foraminiferan, foraminiferid, foraminiferon, foraminiferum Translations (aquatic amoeboid protist of the subphylum Foraminifera): foraminifero (Basque), фарамініферы (faraminifjery) (Belarusian), фораминифери (foraminiferi) (Bulgarian), 有孔蟲 (Chinese Mandarin), 有孔虫 (yǒukǒngchóng) (Chinese Mandarin), dírkonošec [masculine] (Czech), dírkonožec [masculine] (Czech), foraminifero (Esperanto), huokoseläin (Finnish), foraminifère [masculine] (French), Foraminifere [feminine] (German), foraminifero [masculine] (Italian), 有孔虫 (yūkōchū) (alt: ゆうこうちゅう) (Japanese), 유공충 (yugongchung) (Korean), 유공충아문 (yugongchung'amun) (Korean), foraminífero [masculine] (Portuguese), foraminifer (Romanian), foraminífero [masculine] (Spanish)

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French foraminifère. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|foraminifère|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French foraminifère, {{bor+|ro|fr|foraminifère}} Borrowed from French foraminifère Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|foraminifere}} foraminifer n (plural foraminifere) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=foraminiferelor|gpi=foraminifere|gsd=foraminiferului|gsi=foraminifer|n=|npd=foraminiferele|npi=foraminifere|nsd=foraminiferul|nsi=foraminifer|vp=foraminiferelor|vs=foraminiferule}} Forms: foraminifere [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foraminifer [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un foraminifer [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], foraminiferul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], foraminifere [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște foraminifere [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], foraminiferele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], foraminifer [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui foraminifer [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], foraminiferului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], foraminifere [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor foraminifere [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], foraminiferelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], foraminiferule [singular, vocative], foraminiferelor [plural, vocative]
  1. foraminifer Wikipedia link: ro:foraminifer Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-foraminifer-ro-noun-i8-1j7yh Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "The Heterostegina-bed at Malta is not without smaller Foraminifers (some of which we can identify,—as the Globigerina bulloides, Truncatulina lobatula, &c.), but the matrix is too stubborn to yield all its treasures.",
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          "text": "From a palæontological point of view the only part of a Foraminifer with which we have to deal is the shell or \"test,\" […] Each bud of the compound Foraminifer is surrounded by its own shell, so that the whole comes to be composed of a number of chambers, each containing a mass of sarcode.",
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          "text": "The environmental significance of foraminifer abundance variations in Arctic cores is controversial[…]. One interpretation concludes that foraminifer-rich intervals represent interglacial conditions reflecting seasonally absent or reduced ice cover leading to increased productivity; intervals barren or nearly barren of foraminifers are considered to represent glacial conditions with thicker ice cover and lower productivity[…].",
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