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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Mouth and antennæ testaceous; abdomen, hind femora at the tips, and fore tibiæ piceous, anterior tarsi ferruginous; wings dark grey, veins black.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Having crossed this belt of dark forest, near its opposite edge we came upon one of these singular ponds already described—a circular basin surrounded by hillocks and rocks of testaceous formation—an extinct water volcano.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
The foregoing remarks appear to apply to the case of the Mollusca, which, at a very early period, had reached a high organization and a great development of forms and species in the testaceous Cephalopoda.
From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Alfred Russel Wallace
Abdomen ochraceous, black at the tip; femora testaceous at the base; halteres testaceous.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Head black above; antennæ and legs testaceous; hind tibiæ and hind tarsi black; wings greyish, darker towards their tips; veins black, tawny towards the base.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
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