foram

 

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Shortening of foraminifer.

foram (plural forams)

1. A foraminifer.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 291:

     Some forams allow single-celled algae to lodge on the surface of their bodies, rather as tropical coral do.

foram

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ser
2. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ir

• forão (obsolete)
• foraõ (obsolete)

• Hyphenation: fo‧ram

foram

1. third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ir
2. third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ser

• IPA^(key): [foˈram]

foram

1. first-person singular/plural imperfect indicative of fora