Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having perforations or pores (foramina).
- Consisting of or containing Foraminifera: same as
foraminiferal , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having small openings, or foramina.
- adjective Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having small
openings , orforamina . - adjective Pertaining to, or composed of,
Foraminifera .
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Examples
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That these radiata were really dredged up from the bottom, and that they had been living and feeding there, appeared from the fact that their stomachs were full of Globigerina, of which foraminiferous creatures, both living and dead, the oozy bed of the ocean at that vast depth was found to be exclusively composed.
The Antiquity of Man Charles Lyell 1836
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The exception is a review of a book on foraminiferous microorganisms published in 1863 in the London social club Athenaeum, where Darwin "lets his opinion on the spontaneous generation be known".
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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