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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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