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Testaceous   Listen
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Testaceous  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.
2.
(Bot. & Zool.) Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.
Testaceous animals (Zool.), 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.





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"Testaceous" Quotes from Famous Books



... dwelling, the Trochus immediately turns to other prey. The Nautilus then returns to tenant and repair its little bark; but it too often happens, that before he can regain it, it is by a species of shipwreck, dashed to pieces on the shore. Thus wretchedly situated, this hero of the testaceous tribe seeks some obscure corner "where to die," but which seldom, if ever, happens, until after he has made extraordinary exertions to establish himself anew. What a fine picture of virtue ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 14, No. 381 Saturday, July 18, 1829 • Various


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