testaceous
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or derived from shells.
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having a test or shell-like covering.
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of a brick-red, brownish-red, or brownish-yellow color.
adjective
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of, relating to, or possessing a test or testa
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of the reddish-brown colour of terra cotta
Etymology
Origin of testaceous
1640–50; < Latin testāceus shell-covered, equivalent to test ( a ) ( see test 2) + -āceus -aceous
Example Sentences
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It chanced that the two Doctors had held some discourse together upon the folly of abstaining from feeding on the testaceous creatures of the land, while those of the sea were considered as delicacies.
From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous
Fore wings with an upright, straight, testaceous exterior band, which does not extend to the interior border.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Professor E. Forbes has shown as the result of his labours in dredging in the Ægean Sea, that there are eight well-marked regions of depth, each characterized by its peculiar testaceous fauna.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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 Erasmus Darwin
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
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