"Thalamophora" is a word in ENGLISH

A peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to …

One of the foraminifera.

An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them …

Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.

A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling …

A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the shell is not porous.

Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

A genus of Foraminifera, having a porcelanous shell with several longitudinal chambers.

A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.

A genus of extinct Tertiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged …

A genus of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.

A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and …

A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.

A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.

Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.

Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera.

An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming …

An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their …