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tes·ta·ceous (t -st sh s). adj. 1. Biology. a. Having a hard shell or shell-like outer covering: testaceous echinoderms.
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"I am informed by Mr. F. Smith that the male ants of several species are black, the females being testaceous." Charles Darwin; The Descent Of Man; 1871.
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(Most Definitions Are From The Oxford English Dictionary) Testaceous Consisting of shells; composed of shells. [Johnson's Dictionary, 9th Edition, 1806] Testaceous powders Medicinal powders prepared from the shells of animals.
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[T]he testaceous tribe receive also their growth from a like internal circulation. If it be urged, that this does not exclude the possibility of a like...
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Sep 7, 2008 1658: they were burnt, or only baked in Oven or Sunne: According to the ancient way, in many bricks, tiles, pots, and testaceous works — Sir...
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14|aThe conchologist's first book: a system of testaceous malacology, arranged expressly for the use of schools, in which the animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the shells, a great number of new species added, and the whole brought up, as accurately as possible, to the present condition of the science.
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Etymology: Latin testaceus, from testa shell, earthen pot, brick. Date: 1646. 1 : having a shell <a testaceous protozoan>
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1. of, pertaining to, or derived from shells. 2. having a test or shell-like covering. 3. of a brick-red, brownish-red, or brownish-yellow color. Origin:
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Origin of testaceous – Our etymology dictionary has the origin of the word testaceous. Encyclopedia.com: Origins of over 17,000 words. testaceous; Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology testaceous (zool.) having a shell; shell-like. XVII. f. L. testāceus , f. testa tile, earthen pot,
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Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceous). This large (up to 2 meters), rapid snake is often active in the late afternoon, and it was frequently encountered in shortgrass habitat in the Comanche National Grasslands.
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