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testaceous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Testaceous \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: testaceous adj : (biology) relating to or possessing a test or testa; "testaceous echinoderms"
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