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- Latin · borrowed fromtestāceus“covered with a shell”
- English todaytestacea
From Latin testāceus (“covered with a shell”).
Words from the same roots
Latintestāceus all →
testaceantestaceous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
testacea
Today it means: Any of various shellfish, especially those of the obsolete orders Vermes or Acephala, or the suborder Thecosomata. Full definition →
Latin testāceus