testa
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of testa
First recorded in 1790–1800; from New Latin, Latin; see test 2
Example Sentences
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O LIT também testa produtos para a indústria – como carros, telefones e até banheiras.
From Science Magazine • May 26, 2022
Cure is a mecca for carnivores; the shareable salumi plate alone comes with no fewer than 17 types of cold meats, including lamb culatello, coppa di testa and duck rillettes.
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2015
The testa is far better than it sounds--like a fatty but delicately flavored sausage, topped with a little vinegar salad for bite.
From Time Magazine Archive
“To which the condemned replied: “‘E la testa di costì tu ’un la levrai’.
From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Seeds roundish, with a smooth and shining crustaceous testa and copious albumen.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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