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Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably by a modification of dírkonošec, a calque of Foraminifera as dírka + nosit + -ec. Compare listonoš and Hadonoš.
Noun
dírkonožec m anim
- foraminifer (any protist of the taxon Foraminifera)
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of dírkonožec (soft masculine animate reducible)
Further reading
- dírkonožec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- dírkonožec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989