ORDER FORAMINIFERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Foraminifera mean? 

• ORDER FORAMINIFERA (noun)
  The noun ORDER FORAMINIFERA has 1 sense:

1. foraminifers

  Familiarity information: ORDER FORAMINIFERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER FORAMINIFERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foraminifers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Foraminifera; order Foraminifera

Hypernyms ("order Foraminifera" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Foraminifera"):

foram; foraminifer (marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude)

family Globigerinidae; Globigerinidae (a family of protoctists)

genus Globigerina (type genus of the family Globigerinidae)

family Nummulitidae; Nummulitidae (a family of fossil protoctists)

Holonyms ("order Foraminifera" is a member of...):

Rhizopoda; subclass Rhizopoda (creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers)