Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

testacea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: tes-tacea
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various shellfish, especially those of the obsolete orders Vermes or Acephala, or the suborder Thecosomata.

Obsolete

noun

A testaceous substance, something made of shell or shell-like material.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: testāceus

Usage

Derived Forms

testaceology

Frequently Paired Words

Testacea

Questions

What does testacea mean?: Any of various shellfish, especially those of the obsolete orders Vermes or Acephala, or the suborder Thecosomata.
Where does testacea come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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