They are the shells of animals called Foraminifera, because the shells of some of them are full of holes, through which they put out tiny arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madam How and Lady Why] Reference

'Foraminifera', which Ehrenberg has recently described, seem to indicate the existence at that remote period of forms singularly like those which now exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lectures and Essays] Reference

In the 1950s, the Foraminifera, along with other microscopic organisms "protozoa", were considered to be animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

"You may call me Foraminifera 9," I directed, since I wished to be incognito, as you put it, and we proceeded along the "street.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day of the Boomer Dukes] Reference

Foraminifera, called forams by those who study them, are mostly microscopic and exclusively marine organisms in the kingdom Protista.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

The most important order is that of the Foraminifera.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] Reference

Foraminifera have not varied since the Silurian epoch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evolution créatrice. English] Reference

Carpenter, Dr. W.B., on variation in the Foraminifera, 43.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwinism (1889)] Reference

These are sufficiently diverse -- viz. Foraminifera and Man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions] Reference

Foraminifera in chalk, respecting which he made several interesting discoveries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance] Reference

Foraminifera, while the still larger group of Radiolaria is not represented at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901] Reference

Chalk consists mainly of Foraminifera and fragments of shells deposited in a deep sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In] Reference

The Infusoria, Foraminifera, and Sponges, with some other forms, belong to this division.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life] Reference

Foraminifera figured heavily in the other project Lobegeier recently completed in Florida.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference

Globigerina ooze, from a genus of the Foraminifera which contributes largely to its formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Geology] Reference

It was full of the minute shells called 'Foraminifera,' and as one of these happened to belong to.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman] Reference

Foraminifera can tell you the sea level, temperature, and ocean conditions of Earth millions of years ago. credit Rensselaer/Katz.    From Wordnik.com.  [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference

Rhizopods, such as Amoebæ and the chalk-forming Foraminifera and the exquisitely beautiful flint-shelled Radiolarians of the open sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told] Reference

That crazy Foraminifera has been captured by aboriginals and they have taken his weapons away from him. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day of the Boomer Dukes] Reference

C: Foraminifera per20 cm3 sediment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Domack on the Larsen 1-A Ice Shelf « Climate Audit] Reference

Foraminifera, and shells of Pteropods, "forming at the bottom of the sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madam How and Lady Why] Reference

Researches on the Foraminifera.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901] Reference

Foraminifera 9.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day of the Boomer Dukes] Reference

Foraminifera.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference

Foraminifera, 124.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idea of God in Early Religions] Reference

Foraminifera, 186.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Genesis of Species] Reference

Was it not Foraminifera? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Elmo] Reference

My "name" is Foraminifera 9-Hart.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day of the Boomer Dukes] Reference

"That's the identical word -- 'Foraminifera!'.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Elmo] Reference

Foraminifera, failure of certain, to evolve, 197.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evolution créatrice. English] Reference