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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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 Darwin, Erasmus
Thorax æneous black; pectus cinereous; tarsi, femora at the base, and fore legs, pale testaceous; wings limpid; costa at the base and veins black.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Head testaceous, with some black spots on the vertex.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
Down, Ireland in which he found upwards of fifty small crabs, and other testaceous and crustaceous animals.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
Head reddish; antennæ testaceous at the base; thorax testaceous in front; wings greyish, blackish-brown along the costa, and with three subcostal blackish-brown patches, the third continued along the veins towards the hind border.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
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