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testaceous

 : 
Adjective
 : 
tes=ta=ceous

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective testaceous has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

testaceousa. [L. testaceus, fr. testa a shell. See Testa.].
  •  Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.  [1913 Webster]
Testaceous animals (Zoöl.), 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

testaceous, adj.
1 Biol. having a hard continuous outer covering.
2 Bot. & Zool. of a brick-red colour.

Etymology
L testaceus (as TEST(2))
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