foram

English

Etymology

Shortening of foraminifer.

Noun

foram (plural forams)

  1. A foraminifer.
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, 2013 edition, Granta Books, page 291:
      Some forams allow single-celled algae to lodge on the surface of their bodies, rather as tropical coral do.

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Verb

foram

  1. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês?) preterite indicative of ser
  2. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês?) pluperfect indicative of ser
  3. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês?) preterite indicative of ir
  4. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês?) pluperfect indicative of ir
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