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Foraminifera
Webster's Dictionary
(n. pl.) An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Foraminifera'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/foraminifera.html. 1828.