foraminiferon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In this process in foraminifera the nuclear fragmentation which Hertwig described in Actinosphaerium, and which Schaudinn identified with “Chromidien”-formation, is evidently the same thing as these processes which Carter and Wallich observed long ago and vaguely interpreted as reproductive processes.[…]In some cases, as for example in Polystomella, the nucleus after fertilization multiplies by division until there are many of them in the young chambers of the developing foraminiferon."
- "Bailey and Ehrenberg, however, having detected fresh sarcode in the cavities of numerous foraminiferons shells procured from deep-sea bottoms, the one was led to suspect, and the other to conclude, that their animals actually lived in the depth which yielded them."
- "Specimen of Coral-rock, showing the new Arenaceous Foraminiferon Haddonia torresiensis, occurring in association with a Polytrema."
- "A well-distributed Cretaceous foraminiferon.[…]Four specimens of this interesting foraminiferon were found in the Cambridge Greensand of Swaffham,[…]"
- "On one hand, foraminifera are complex objects with many morphological variations, and often broken or covered with sediments.[…]In our system, the identification of a foraminiferon is based on the shape descriptions of its three characteristic views: the spiral view, the umbilical view, and the lateral view (cf. Figure 37)."