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testaceous

[ te-stey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or derived from shells.
  2. having a test or shell-like covering.
  3. of a brick-red, brownish-red, or brownish-yellow color.


testaceous

/ tɛˈsteɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or possessing a test or testa
  2. of the reddish-brown colour of terra cotta
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of testaceous1

1640–50; < Latin testāceus shell-covered, equivalent to test ( a ) ( test 2 ) + -āceus -aceous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of testaceous1

C17: from Latin testācens, from testa
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Example Sentences

Leptura rubra of Linn, with red elytra, is the female of his L. testacea, in which they are testaceous.

Thus, in the order Coleoptera, the elytra of the male of Rhagium meridianum F. are testaceous, and those of the female black.

And therefore such as have no distinction of sex, engender not at all, as Aristotle conceives of Eels, and testaceous animals.

The Limax, or common garden slug, which has a testaceous shield beneath its mantle, is an instance of this.

A genus consisting of small testaceous appendages fixed on the posterior extremity of a species of slug.

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