Globigerina Ooze Definition

glōbijərīnə
noun
A fine, deep-sea sediment covering approximately one-third of the ocean floors at depths usually between 2,000 and 4,000 m (c. 6,560 and 13,120 ft), consisting predominantly of the empty, calcareous shells of a genus (Globigerina) of planktonic foraminifera.
Webster's New World