English Dictionary

foraminifera

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌfɒɹəmɪˈnɪfəɹə/

名詞

Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude”)

日本語の意味

有孔虫：水中に生息する水生アメーバ様の原生動物の一群。一般に石灰質の殻（テスト）を持ち、多くの小さな孔があり、その孔を通じて偽足（プソードポディア）を伸ばし、食物を捕獲するなどの活動を行います。

Micropaleontologists examine foraminifera to reconstruct past climates from sediment cores.

微化石学者は堆積物コアから過去の気候を再構築するために有孔虫を調べる。

意味（1）

Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude”)

This elegant Foraminifera has long been one of the best known of recent species; in its young state it is one of the most abundant organisms in the Cuban sand: in this immature form it appears a Foraminifera of the ordinary spiral type; […]

foraminifera （ plural ）

foraminiferas （ plural ）