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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

- 9 mm. Head rufo-testaceous. Clypeus not bordered. Head finely, sp****ly and relatively regularly punctured. Antennae flavo-testaceous, which are moderately...
- Ptecticus testaceus (Fabricius, 1805 Synonyms Musca elongata Fabricius, 1794 Sargus testaceus Fabricius, 1805 Ptecticus testaceous James & McFadden, 1982...
- The Conchologist's First Book (sometimes subtitled with Or, A System of Testaceous Malacology) is an illustrated textbook on conchology issued in 1839, 1840...
- emendation) For the species: Stoeberhinus testacea (lapsus) Stoeberhinus testaceous Swezey, 1910 (unjustified emendation) Pitkin & Jenkins (2004) Clarke (1986)...
- with a fawn-coloured band and the forewings with two dark cupreous-brown testaceous-bordered bands. The first band is abbreviated in front, dilated hindward...
- The testaceous white-back (Coleophora albicosta) is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of western Europe. The wingspan is about 14 mm...
- slightly arched testaceous stripe across the basal area, and an undulated discal stripe of the same colour; body whitish testaceous; wings below white...
- 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...
- 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...
- this species are 3.5 mm long, with a mainly-black head and thorax and a testaceous (brick-colored) abdomen darkening at the tip. Their mandibles are yellowish...