testaceous

American  

[te-stey-shuhs] / tɛˈsteɪ ʃəs /

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.

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testaceous British  

/ tɛˈsteɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or possessing a test or testa

2. of the reddish-brown colour of terra cotta

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Etymology

Origin of testaceous

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

Example Sentences

Yet, whatever our island may have formerly produced, we discern no traces in later ages, of any testaceous animal yielding a purple or scarlet dye.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

This kind of eruption is likewise frequently cured by testaceous powders; two materials so widely different in their chemical properties, but agreeing in their power of promoting cutaneous absorption.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Head testaceous, with some black spots on the vertex.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Head rather prominent; antennæ tawny towards the base, shorter than the breadth of the head; spines of the scutellum, abdomen beneath, tibiæ, tarsi, and halteres tawny; wings limpid, veins testaceous.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Head reddish; antennæ testaceous at the base; thorax testaceous in front; wings greyish, blackish-brown along the costa, and with three subcostal blackish-brown patches, the third continued along the veins towards the hind border.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various