Foraminiferum

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  1. 1
    Synonym of foraminifer. nonstandard, obsolete

    "The third is a conglomerate of very minute tuff-grains, each enveloping a nucleus which proved on examination to be either a foraminiferum, a mollusk or, more rarely, a rounded particle of semi-transparent quartz."

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"The third is a conglomerate of very minute tuff-grains, each enveloping a nucleus which proved on examination to be either a foraminiferum, a mollusk or, more rarely, a rounded particle of semi-transparent quartz."

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