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foraminifera

Variant of foraminifer

noun pl. foraminifera

any of an order (Foraminiferida) of marine protozoans with calcareous shells full of tiny holes through which slender filaments project: they form the main component of chalk and many deep-sea oozes
also called foraminiferan

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