globigerina in English

noun
1
a planktonic marine protozoan with a calcareous shell. The shells collect as a deposit ( globigerina ooze ) over much of the ocean floor.
Imagine a cart full of whitish mud, filled with the minutest shells, poured all wet and sticky and slimy onto some clean planks and you may have some faint idea of what globigerina mud is like.

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1. Amer angle Anomphalous base body whorl Bradshaw bulloides characterised climate colks columella concave band convex d'Orbigny depth dissection distribution drillholes epicentres Estimate Area fault foci Foraminifera Formation fossil Gastropods genus Geol Geological Geopbys Globigerina Globigerinoides Globorotalia Greymouth Greymouth Coalfield