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The exception is a review of a book on foraminiferous microorganisms published in 1863 in the London social club Athenaeum, where Darwin "lets his opinion on the spontaneous generation be known".

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Having perforations or pores (foramina).
Consisting of or containing Foraminifera: same as foraminiferal, 1. The bottom composed of foraminiferous ooze and coarse sand. Science, III. 591.

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The exception is a review of a book on foraminiferous microorganisms published in 1863 in the London social club Athenaeum, where Darwin "lets his opinion on the spontaneous generation be known". — PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
That these radiata were really dredged up from the bottom, and that they had been living and feeding there, appeared from the fact that their stomachs were full of Globigerina, of which foraminiferous creatures, both living and dead, the oozy bed of the ocean at that vast depth was found to be exclusively composed. — The Antiquity of Man