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Definition of Forams
1. foram [n] - See also: foram
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forams
Literary usage of Forams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of the by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"Related forms of this jelly animalcule secrete shells of varying form and structure.
Some of these, known as forams, are of carbonate of lime, ..."
2. Modern Microscopy: A Handbook for Beginners and Students by M. I. Cross, Martin J. Cole (1922)
"A thin wooden ledge must be glued round three sides of the slip to prevent the
forams rolling off when the stage of the microscope is inclined at an angle. ..."
3. The Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science: The Journal of the Postal ...by Allen, Postal Microscopical Society by Allen, Postal Microscopical Society (1884)
"1 „ 36 Animal Hairs & Skins (British) 24 ,, ,, (Foreign) 36 Ferns 3t> Micro-Fungi
36 Vegetable Hairs 36 Micro Seeds 24 Starches (genuine) 24 forams and ..."
4. The Yorkshire Lias by Ralph Tate, John Frederick Blake (1876)
"'Introd. to the study of forams.'pi. xi. figs. 6-10. Shell adherent, consisting
of several hemispherical chambers, connected by narrower passages; ..."
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