Orbitoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Orbitoid is a noun meaning Any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae.
Meaning
Any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae.
Example Sentences
The orbitoids are larger foraminifera. Their tests are radial hyaline and perforate with a discoidal growth pattern, i.e. the chambers are arranged in rings.
The larger orbitoid Foraminifera of the Western Hemisphere are very inadequately known, yet their occurrence in great numbers has been noted in many papers during the last three- quarters of a century.
Word Forms
- orbitoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include globorotaliid, nonion, orbitestellid, planorbis, uvigerinid, hemigordiopsid.
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