tforalite

[Lat. foro =to bore, to pierce, and Gr. lithos stone.] Geol.: A stone with borings of some extinct mollusk, annelid, or other animal. Among modern animals the mollusks of the genus Pholas, annelids like Spio cal care a, ., are rock borers. fo-rā-měn ( pl. fo-răm-I-na), s. [Lat.] 1. Anat.. The term is used both in the singular and in the plural for many apertures in various parts of the bodily frame; as, the carotid foramen , the parietal foramen , the molar foramina . IMG:content-1891.png:[blocks in formation]