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Testaceous

Testaceous Meaning & Definition
Testaceous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Testaceous?

[adj] (biology) relating to or possessing a test or testa; "testaceous echinoderms"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Testaceous: shelled

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Testaceous In Webster's Dictionary

\Tes*ta"ceous\, a. [L. testaceus, fr. testa a shell. See {Testa}.] 1. Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell. 2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color. {Testaceous animals} (Zo["o]l.), animals having a firm, calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished from {crustaceous animals}, whose shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several joints, or articulations, as lobsters and crabs.

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