Search Result for "testaceous": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell;
- Example: "testaceous fish"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot. & Zool.) Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color. [1913 Webster] Testaceous animals (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

testaceous adj 1: relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell; "testaceous fish"