Definition of Foramenifera
||Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to
bear.] (Zoöl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which
generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united
zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some
species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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