Definition of testacea Testacea
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What does testacea mean?
WordNet
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| testacea - testacean rhizopods | ||
| order Testacea | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| rhizopoda, subclass rhizopoda creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers | ||
| testacean any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell | ||
| arcellidae, family arcellidae soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- testacea (n. pl.)
Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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testacea
tes-tā′sē-a, n.pl. shelled or crustaceous animals.—adjs. Testā′cean (also n.), Testā′ceous, consisting of, or having, a hard shell.—ns. Testacell′a, a genus of molluscs belonging to the Pulmonifera, and represented in Britain by three species; Testaceog′raphy, descriptive testaceology; Testaceol′ogy, conchology. [L. testaceus—testa, a shell.]
