foraminifer
/fawr-uh-min-uh-fer, for-/US // ˌfɔr əˈmɪn ə fər, ˌfɒr- //UK // (ˌfɒrəˈmɪnɪfə) //
有孔虫,有孔虫类,有孔生物,有孔动物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural for·a·min·i·fers, fo·ram·i·nif·er·a [fuh-ram-uh-nif-er-uh]. /fəˌræm əˈnɪf ər ə/.
- : any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
Examples
The Laurentian rocks have yielded only one fossil—a large foraminifer named Eozoon Canadense.
One species at least of these creatures was a true Foraminifer, allied, though somewhat distantly, to Eozoon.
The foraminifer multiplies by fission, or by a process of budding.
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