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Definition of Globigerina

1. Noun. Marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes.

Definition of Globigerina

1. n. A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.

Medical Definition of Globigerina

1. Origin: NL, fr. L. Globus a round body + gerere to bear. A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Globigerina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"The texture of the mature shell resembles closely that of globigerina, but it differs in some important particulars. The pores are markedly of two different ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"A little to the north the number of these particles decreases, and they are largely replaced by the dead globigerina OOZE FROM 1900 FATHOMS IN THE ATLANTIC. ..."

3. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"globigerina Ooze. — This ooze is a deposit consisting of 30 to 90 per cent. of the shells of ... 234), of which the most abundant genus is globigerina. ..."

4. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"234), of which the most abundant genus is globigerina. These unicellular animals seldom ... globigerina ooze, upon their death ram down on the sea shimer. ..."

5. A Contribution to the Oceanography of the Pacificby James Milton Flint by James Milton Flint (1905)
"As a rule, in this part of the Pacific Ocean globigerina ooze will be found wherever ... The globigerina ooze, wherever found on the line of this survey, ..."

6. Elementary Physical Geography by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1895)
"globigerina. Ooze. — One of the most striking facts connected with the ocean, ... The most abundant of these are members of the genus globigerina; ..."

7. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Henry Dallinger (1891)
"... extension is at once retracted if the cell which holds the globigerina receives a sudden .shock, or a drop of any irritating fluid ..."

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