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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Test  \Test\,  Testa  \Tes"ta\,  n.;  pl  E.  {Tests},  L.  {Test[ae]}. 
  [L.  testa  a  piece  of  burned  clay,  a  broken  piece  of 
  earthenware,  a  shell.  See  {Test}  a  cupel.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  external  hard  or  firm  covering  of  many 
  invertebrate  animals. 
 
  Note:  The  test  of  crustaceans  and  insects  is  composed  largely 
  of  chitin;  in  mollusks  it  is  composed  chiefly  of 
  calcium  carbonate,  and  is  called  the  shell. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  The  outer  integument  of  a  seed;  the  episperm,  or 
  spermoderm. 




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