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Found 1 definition: testaceous.

Pos: Adjective

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Adjective testaceous has 1 senses

testaceous(a = adj.pert) - relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell; "testaceous fish"
Derived form noun testa₁

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

testaceous, 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. [1913 Webster]

2. 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))