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Noun: foram  fo-rum
Usage: informal
  1. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
    "Forams are important indicators in paleoclimatology";
    - foraminifer

Sounds like: f

Derived forms: forams

Type of: rhizopod, rhizopodan

Part of: Foraminifera, order Foraminifera

Encyclopedia: Foram