Found 2 items, similar to testaceous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: testaceous
testaceous
adj 1: relating to or possessing a test
2: relating to or possessing a testa;
“testaceous echinoderms”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Testaceous
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.
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2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having a dull red brick color or a
brownish yellow color.
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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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