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foraminiferous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
foraminif-er-ous
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having small openings, or foramina.

adj

Pertaining to, or composed of, foraminifers.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more foraminiferous (comparative) most foraminiferous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

What does foraminiferous mean?
Having small openings, or foramina.

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