"testacean" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more testacean [comparative], most testacean [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|testaceus||having a shell}} Latin testaceus (“having a shell”), {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-adj}} testacean (comparative more testacean, superlative most testacean)
  1. Covered with or having a shell.
    Sense id: en-testacean-en-adj-C3TLDKP-

Noun

Forms: testaceans [plural]
Etymology: From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|testaceus||having a shell}} Latin testaceus (“having a shell”), {{suffix|en||an}} + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} testacean (plural testaceans)
  1. (obsolete, zoology) One of the rhizopods in the former grouping Testacea. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms
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