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Webster 1913 Edition
Testaceous
1.
Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.
2.
(Bot. & Zool.)
Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.
Testaceous animals
(Zool.)
, 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.Definition 2024
testaceous
testaceous
English
Adjective
testaceous (comparative more testaceous, superlative most testaceous)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to earthenware or baked clay.
- 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 Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 20)
- Of a reddish-yellow or brownish colour, like brick.
- Having a shell, especially one which is not articulated.