"testaceotheology" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993, Jaques Roger, translated by Robert Ellrich, edited by Keith R. Benson, The Life Sciences in Eighteenth-Century French Thought, Stanford University Press, translation of original in French, page 197:",
          "text": "Friedrich-Christian Lesser’s Théologie des insectes appeared in two French translation, in 1742 and 1745. But there were not only insects, and the material was inexhaustible: a Lithotheology, a Testaceotheology, a Petinotheology, and an Ichthyotheology all appeared. What had begun as a pious intention became a bookselling enterprise.",
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          "ref": "2025 January 31, Wikipedia contributors, “Christoph Samuel John”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:",
          "text": "Chemnitz was a promoter of a form of natural theology known as testaceotheology or the use of molluscs for preaching.",
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        "The \"theology of shellfish\" or the study of divine or spiritual significance attributed to shellfish, such as clams, oysters, and other mollusks."
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      "other": "/ˌtɛs.tə.si.oʊ.θiˈɒl.ə.dʒi/"
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  "word": "testaceotheology"
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          "text": "Friedrich-Christian Lesser’s Théologie des insectes appeared in two French translation, in 1742 and 1745. But there were not only insects, and the material was inexhaustible: a Lithotheology, a Testaceotheology, a Petinotheology, and an Ichthyotheology all appeared. What had begun as a pious intention became a bookselling enterprise.",
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          "text": "Chemnitz was a promoter of a form of natural theology known as testaceotheology or the use of molluscs for preaching.",
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        "The \"theology of shellfish\" or the study of divine or spiritual significance attributed to shellfish, such as clams, oysters, and other mollusks."
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