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Definition of Testaceous

Testaceous
Testaceous 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.

Meaning of Testaceous from wikipedia

- Ptecticus testaceus (Fabricius, 1805 Synonyms Musca elongata Fabricius, 1794 Sargus testaceus Fabricius, 1805 Ptecticus testaceous James & McFadden, 1982...
- found in Panama. The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are pale testaceous, with a slight tawny gloss, a small brown costal spot on the summit of...
- Radcliffe Grote in 1866. It is found on Cuba. Female Very pale yellowish testaceous. Primaries, marked with irregular and sp**** black powdery dots; ... The...
- 9 mm. Head rufo-testaceous. Clypeus not bordered. Head finely, sp****ly and relatively regularly punctured. Antennae flavo-testaceous, which are moderately...
- silvery white beneath. The thorax has a testaceous stripe on each side. The forewings have a whitish-testaceous tinged and slightly hyaline disk and there...
- described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found on Borneo. Adults are testaceous cinereous, the forewings thinly and minutely speckled with brown. There...
- are hyaline. The body is mostly black, with some testaceous or brown parts. The legs are testaceous-whitish except for the clubs of femora that are brown...
- slightly arched testaceous stripe across the basal area, and an undulated discal stripe of the same colour; body whitish testaceous; wings below white...
- length of about 3.5 to 3.7 mm. Dorsal surface shiny. Head and pronotum testaceous. Anterior and posterior margin of the pronotum broadly dark brown. Pronotum...
- fuscous; ANTENNAE testaceous, each segment annulated with fuscous basally. THORAX fuscous: LEGS testaceous. ANTERIOR WING light testaceous strongly irrorated...