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.

plural of foraminifer

Synonym of foraminifer (“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”)

plural of foraminiferon / plural of foraminiferum

plural of foraminifera

Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous

plural of foraminiferan

(zoology, paleontology) An organism of the phylum Foraminifera; a foraminifer.

Having small openings, or foramina. / Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera.

The study of the Foraminifera, especially in paleontology.