'Foraminifera' definitions:
Definition of 'Foraminifera'
(from WordNet)
noun
Foraminifers [syn: Foraminifera, order Foraminifera]
Definition of 'Foraminifera'
From: GCIDE
- Foraminifera \Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]