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foraminiferal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
foraminifer-al
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous

Etymology

From foraminifer + -al.

Inflected Forms

more foraminiferal (comparative) most foraminiferal (superlative)

Derived Forms

microforaminiferal

Questions

What does foraminiferal mean?
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous
Where does foraminiferal come from?
From foraminifer + -al.

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