gromia

[Lat. groma =a surveyor's pole or measuring-rod. Zool .: The typical genus of the family Gromide (q. v.). grō-mi-dạ, grō-mi-dæ, s. [Mod. Lat.gromia, and Lat. neut. adj. suff. -ida, or fem. -idœ.] Zool.: A family of Foraminifera, with an imperforate test. It is brownish-yellow, membranous, soft, and globular, with long, filiform proce es protruding.