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foram

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[fawr-uhm] / ˈfɔr əm /

noun

  1. foraminifer.


Etymology

Origin of foram

By shortening

Example Sentences

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That description applies to far more than one foram… The new squatter has a stark difference from Hospitella – its test is agglutinated, or composed of small particles stuck together.

From Scientific American Jun. 12, 2013

Extracting information about sea level required cutting those cores into 1-centimeter chunks and analyzing the foram fossils found in those chunks.

From Scientific American Jun. 21, 2011

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