Definitions for: Testaceous

[adj] (biology) relating to or possessing a test or testa; "testaceous echinoderms"

Webster (1913) Definition: Tes*ta"ceous, a. [L. testaceus, fr. testa a shell.
See Testa.]
1. Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or
having a hard shell.

2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having a dull red brick color or a
brownish yellow color.

Testaceous animals (Zo["o]l.), animals having a firm,
calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished
from crustaceous animals, whose shells are more thin and
soft, and consist of several joints, or articulations, as
lobsters and crabs.

Synonyms: shelled

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