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Foraminiferivore

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foraminifernounAny 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.
foraminiferanounSynonym 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”).
foraminiferologistnounA scientist, especially a paleontologist, who studies the Foraminifera.
foraminiferumnoun(obsolete, now nonstandard) Synonym of foraminifer.
foramnounA foraminifer.
depositivorenoun(biology) Any animal that feeds on marine deposits
calcarinidnounAny foraminifera of the family Calcarinidae.
fusulinoideannounAny foraminifer of the superfamily Fusulinoidea
amphisteginidnounAny foraminifera of the family Amphisteginidae.
elphidiidnounAny foraminifer of the family Elphidiidae
uvigerinidnounAny foraminifer of the family Uvigerinidae.
globorotaliidnounAny foraminifer of the family Globorotaliidae
orbitoidnounAny foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae.
nonionnounAny foraminifer of the family Nonionidae.
siphoninidnoun(zoology) A foraminifer of the family Siphoninoidea.
neoschwagerinidnounAny foraminifer of the family Neoschwagerinidae
benthivorenounAny animal that feeds of benthic prey
omnibenthivorenounAny benthic omnivore
macroalgivorenounAny organism that eats macroalgae
heterosteginidnounAny foraminifer of the genus Heterostegina

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