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Definition of Testaceans
1. testacean [n] - See also: testacean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Testaceans
Literary usage of Testaceans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"Goodall's fine collection, now dispersed by the hammer, there was a specimen from
the Breakwater perforated by these testaceans. Wood is also attacked by ..."
2. My Life and My Lectures by Lamar Fontaine (1908)
"We may have been testaceans, mere testa, so minute that millions of us could ...
Now, when we see these deposits of the testaceans, several thousand feet ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"... into which he divided the testaceans. In this position Dentalium was separated
... in short, by the entire interval of the univalve testaceans, Breyne, ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge (1853)
"testaceans. Wood is alto attacked by tliis genus, and submarine piles arc
consequently exposed to their ravage!. To counteract their operations in tie ..."
5. History of Philosophy by Alfred Weber (1904)
"... testaceans, and mollusks.1 Warmth is in separable from life, and the relative
perfection of an animal directly depends upon the amount of heat in it. ..."
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