testaceous

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɛˈsteɪʃəs/

Adjective

testaceous

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to earthenware or baked clay.
   • 1658, Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin 2005, p. 20:

     [T]hey were burnt, or only baked in Oven or Sunne: According to the ancient way, in many bricks, tiles, pots, and testaceous works […].

2. Having a shell, especially one which is not articulated.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XLIII:

     It has a very large head, in proportion to its body, all covered with a shell, like other testaceous Animals […].

3. Of a reddish-yellow or brownish colour, like brick.

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