Answer: foraminifers

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foraminifersA single-celled planktonic animal with a perforated chalky shell through which slender protrusions of protoplasm extend. Most kinds are marine, and when they die, their shells form thick ocean-floor sediments
foraminifersFORAMINIFER, a unicellular microorganism with a calcareous shell through which pseudopods project also FORAM