Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Globigerina \Glo*big`e*ri"na\, n.; pl. Globigerin[ae]. [NL.,
fr. L. globus a round body + gerere to bear.] (Zool.)
A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or
near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to
the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally
found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina
ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
globigerina
n 1: marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny
processes