foraminifer

2 definitions found

foraminifer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Foraminifer \For`a*min"i*fer\, n. (Zool.)
     One of the Foraminifera.
     [1913 Webster]

foraminifer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  foraminifer
      n 1: marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with
           openings where pseudopods protrude [syn: foram,
           foraminifer]