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Foraminifera is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Foraminifera meaning

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”).

Synonyms of Foraminifera

order foraminifera animal order

Related words

Other words often associated with Foraminifera or its synonyms:

order

Using Foraminifera

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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”).
  • Useful related words include: order foraminifera, animal order.

Context around Foraminifera

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 33 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

plankters 1× shelled 1×

Often after:

432 1×

Sentence patterns with Foraminifera

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores 1× soft shelled foraminifera 432 species 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

microfossils may either 1×

Common sentence endings:

animals or plants 1× leptohalysis and reophax 1×

Words around Foraminifera

Just before it in the word index:

foramina 4 foramen 13 forall 2 foral 2 foraker 17 forais 2

Just after it in the word index:

forams 3 foran 16 foras 3 forastero 4 foray 257 forayed 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Foraminifera

  • In this selection, "foraminifera" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, plankters, shelled and 432 stand out and add context to how "foraminifera" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores and soft shelled foraminifera 432 species. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "foraminifera" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with foraminifera

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Microfossils may either be complete (or near-complete) organisms in themselves (such as the marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores ) or component parts (such as small teeth or spores ) of larger animals or plants. (33 words)

Most of the organisms collected were simple, soft-shelled foraminifera (432 species according to National Geographic citation ), with four of the others representing species of the complex, multi-chambered genera Leptohalysis and Reophax. (33 words)

Longer example sentences

Microfossils may either be complete (or near-complete) organisms in themselves (such as the marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores ) or component parts (such as small teeth or spores ) of larger animals or plants. (33 words)

Most of the organisms collected were simple, soft-shelled foraminifera (432 species according to National Geographic citation ), with four of the others representing species of the complex, multi-chambered genera Leptohalysis and Reophax. (33 words)

Example sentences (2)

Microfossils may either be complete (or near-complete) organisms in themselves (such as the marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores ) or component parts (such as small teeth or spores ) of larger animals or plants.

Most of the organisms collected were simple, soft-shelled foraminifera (432 species according to National Geographic citation ), with four of the others representing species of the complex, multi-chambered genera Leptohalysis and Reophax.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "foraminifera" in a sentence?
An example: "Microfossils may either be complete (or near-complete) organisms in themselves (such as the marine plankters foraminifera and coccolithophores ) or component parts (such as small teeth or spores ) of larger animals or plants." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "foraminifera" from authentic English texts.
What does "foraminifera" mean?
Foraminifera means: 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”).
What are synonyms of "foraminifera"?
Common synonyms of "foraminifera" include: order foraminifera, animal order.
How many example sentences with "foraminifera" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "foraminifera", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.