testaceous

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  1. adjective Biology Having a hard shell or shell-like outer covering: testaceous echinoderms.
  2. adjective Biology Composed of a shell or shell-like material: a testaceous operculum.
  3. adjective Having the reddish-brown or brownish-yellow hue of bricks.

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  1. From Latin testāceus, from testa, shell.

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  1. = French testacé = Spanish Portuguese Italian testaceo, from Latin testaceus, consisting of tiles or sherds, having a shell, from testa, tile, shell: see test.
 

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