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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One of the rhizopods in the former grouping Testacea. obsolete
2. 2
   any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Covered with or having a shell.

Synonyms

All synonyms

testate

Etymology

From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an.

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