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Definition of: Globigerina
(glō·bij′ə·rī′nə) noun
A genus of small marine foraminifers whose calcareous shells accumulate in vast quantities on the sea bottoms, forming the deposits known as globigerina ooze. [<NL <L globus a ball + gerere bear]
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