"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. (zoology) One of the rhizopods in Testacea. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms
    Sense id: en-testacean-en-noun-EOaH-etZ Disambiguation of Lifeforms: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 15 85 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 90 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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