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for·am  (fôrm, fr-)
n.
A foraminifer.
[Short for foraminifer.]
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Noun1.foram - marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrudeforam - marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude
foraminifer
rhizopod, rhizopodan - protozoa characterized by a pseudopod
Foraminifera, order Foraminifera - foraminifers
globigerina - marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes
nummulite - large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period
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As a scientist, I deal with climate change on a time scale of hundreds of thousands of years, and even I have a hard time dealing with it," added Howard, who reported last week that tiny marine animals called forams are losing their capacity to absorb huge amounts of carbon pollution from the atmosphere.
Climate change blues: how scientists cope by AFP / AFP Global Edition
With funding from the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Howard and his colleagues collected microscopic marine animals - called planktonic foraminifera, or forams - from the South Tasman Rise region of the Southern Ocean.
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