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 ) ( test 2 ) + -āceus -aceous
Example Sentences
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English conchologists appear not to be aware of the vast number of testaceous animals which are now known.
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T. Wings angulated; anterior testaceous, with lineated brown shades and oblique lines; posterior yellow, with a broad black border.
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Notwithstanding all these absurdities, it is undoubtedly true that certain articles of food have been considered as endowed with aphrodisiac properties; fish of various kinds, the mollusca and testaceous animals more especially.
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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.
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One of these, then, was situated just outside the orangery; with groups of testaceous rocks forming a half-circle around its edge; and draped with the dark foliage of evergreen trees, of the species already mentioned.
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