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12 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun foraminifers
originLearned borrowing from New Latin Foraminifera (subphylum name), from French foraminifère (“foraminifer, foraminifera”), from French Foraminifères, coined by the French naturalist Alcide d’Orbigny (1802–1857) in an 1826 article. Foraminifère is derived from Latin forāmina (“apertures, holes”) + -fer (“-bearing”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- foraminifer 19
- affirmer 16
- reaffirm 16
- miffier 15
- affirm 14
- maffia 14
- aeriform 13
- airframe 13
- foramina 13
- informer 13
- reinform 13
- reniform 13