Definition of "foraminifera" in English

noun

1. Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude”).

noun

1. plural of foraminiferon

2. plural of foraminiferum