testacean

English

Etymology

From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) +‎ -an.

Adjective

testacean (comparative more testacean, superlative most testacean)

1. Covered with or having a shell.

Noun

testacean (plural testaceans)

1. (obsolete, zoology) One of the rhizopods in the former grouping Testacea.

References

• “testacean”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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