foram

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1. marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	rhizopod, rhizopodan,
definition	:	protozoa characterized by a pseudopod (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	globigerina,
definition	:	marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	nummulite,
definition	:	large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	foraminifera, order foraminifera,
definition	:	foraminifers (noun.animal)