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Testacea

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Tes`ta´ce`a
n. pl.1.(Zool.) Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.
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Noun1.Testacea - testacean rhizopodsTestacea - testacean rhizopods                  
order Testacea
animal order - the order of animals
Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda - creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
testacean - any of various rhizopods of the order Testacea characterized by having a shell
Arcellidae, family Arcellidae - soil and freshwater protozoa; cosmopolitan in distribution
genus Difflugia - genus of protozoans related to ameba
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Precisely so, my learned Conseil; and, amongst these testacea the earshell, the tridacnae, the turbots, in a word, all those which secrete mother-of-pearl, that is, the blue, bluish, violet, or white substance which lines the interior of their shells, are capable of producing pearls.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Lyell, namely, that the "longevity of the species in the mammalia is upon the whole inferior to that of the testacea.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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