testacea

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Definition of testacea

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noun

(obsolete, plural, plural-only)Any of various shellfish, especially those of the obsolete orders Vermes or Acephala, or the suborder Thecosomata.

“ANAIMONA, Aquatilia Exanguia, Bloodless Fishes, are divided into Mollia Soft Fishes without Shells; Crustata, those that are covered with thin pliant Shells; and Testacea, those which have thick, hard brittle Shells.”
“The echinite family […] may be deemed characteristic of the chalk formation, affording of itself as many shells as the other testacea do.”
“[…]to fancy, for example, that the testacea of the ocean existed first, until some of them, by gradual evolution, were improved into those inhabiting the land.”

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noun

(obsolete, plural, plural-only)Any of various shellfish, especially those of the obsolete orders Vermes or Acephala, or the suborder Thecosomata.

“ANAIMONA, Aquatilia Exanguia, Bloodless Fishes, are divided into Mollia Soft Fishes without Shells; Crustata, those that are covered with thin pliant Shells; and Testacea, those which have thick, hard brittle Shells.”
“The echinite family […] may be deemed characteristic of the chalk formation, affording of itself as many shells as the other testacea do.”
“[…]to fancy, for example, that the testacea of the ocean existed first, until some of them, by gradual evolution, were improved into those inhabiting the land.”
(obsolete, rare, uncountable)A testaceous substance, something made of shell or shell-like material.

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From Latin testāceus (“covered with a shell”).

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