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Definition of Foram
1. Noun. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
Exact synonyms: Foraminifer
Generic synonyms: Rhizopod, Rhizopodan
Group relationships: Foraminifera, Order Foraminifera
Specialized synonyms: Globigerina, Nummulite
Generic synonyms: Rhizopod, Rhizopodan
Group relationships: Foraminifera, Order Foraminifera
Specialized synonyms: Globigerina, Nummulite
Definition of Foram
1. Noun. A foraminifer ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foram
1. a marine rhizopod [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foram
Literary usage of Foram
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1869)
"foram. Brit. p. 93, pi. 7. fig. 203. Recent and Fossil. ... foram. p. 141 & p.
312, pi. 11. fig. 2. Lower Cretaceous. ..."
2. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1876)
"... c, end, with terminal, flexuous, slit-like orifice. „ 12.—Brady's 'foram.
Lias,' p. 112, pi. 3, f. 43. ... Brady's 'foram. Lias,' p. 110, pi. 2, f. 30. ..."
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