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testacean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tes-tacean
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered with or having a shell.

noun

One of the rhizopods in the former grouping Testacea.

Obsolete

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more testacean (comparative) most testacean (superlative) testaceans (plural)

Questions

What does testacean mean?
Covered with or having a shell.
Where does testacean come from?
From Latin testaceus (“having a shell”) + -an.

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