foraminifer

n. 有孔虫

发音

UK /ˌfɒɹəˈmɪnɪfə/
其它
US /ˌfɔɹəˈmɪnəfɚ/

词形变化

foraminifers 复数 foraminifers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    有孔虫

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

foram

上位词 1

rhizopod

下位词 1

nummulite

词源

Borrowed from French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), from French Foraminifères, coined by the French naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny (1802–1857) in an 1826 article. By surface analysis, Latin forāmen (“apertures, holes”, stem foramin-) + -fer (“bearing”).

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