A large group of amoeboid protists, of the order Foraminifera, that are mostly marine.(noun)
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Use "foraminifera" in a sentence
"This, indeed, is why oil companies employ fossil experts to identify particular strata of rocks, usually by microfossils, tiny creatures called foraminifera, for example, or radiolaria."
"Australian researchers recently analyzed shells of modern plankton, called foraminifera, which teem by the billions in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica."
"This beach is famous for its "star-sand," made up of tiny sea animals called foraminifera, which are formed from single-celled protozoa that produce calcium carbonate shells."