foraminifers
Meaning of foraminifers
plural noun
a single-celled planktonic animal with a perforated chalky shell through which slender protrusions of protoplasm extend. Most kinds are marine, and when they die thick ocean-floor sediments are formed from their shells.
mid 19th century: from Latin foramen, foramin- (see foramen) + -fer ‘bearing’ (from ferre ‘to bear’).
Information about foraminifers
- It is a name.
- The singular form of foraminifers is: foraminifer.
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Hyphenation of foraminifers
foraminifers
- It consists of 1 syllables and 12 chars.
- foraminifers is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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