"Globigerina" is a word in ENGLISH
A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly
at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the
bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths
below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of
Foraminifera.
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A peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to …
Read the complete definitionOne of the foraminifera.
Read the complete definitionAn extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.
Read the complete definitionA division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.
Read the complete definitionLike, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.
Read the complete definitionA genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.
Read the complete definitionA division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.
Read the complete definitionA genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged …
Read the complete definitionA genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.
Read the complete definitionA genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.
Read the complete definitionA genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and …
Read the complete definitionA division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.
Read the complete definitionA division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.
Read the complete definitionMany-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.
Read the complete definitionHaving a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera.
Read the complete definitionAn extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming …
Read the complete definitionAn extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their …
Read the complete definitionSame as Foraminifera.
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