testaceous
tes·ta·ceous
adj \tes-ˈtā-shəs\Definition of TESTACEOUS
1
: having a shell <a testaceous protozoan>
2
: of any of the several light colors of bricks
Origin of TESTACEOUS
Latin testaceus, from testa shell, earthen pot, brick
First Known Use: 1646
Rhymes with TESTACEOUS
audacious, bodacious, capacious, cetaceous, crustaceous, curvaceous, drupaceous, edacious, fallacious, flirtatious, fugacious, hellacious, herbaceous, loquacious, mendacious, micaceous, pomaceous, predaceous, pugnacious, rapacious, rosaceous, sagacious, salacious, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, tenacious, tufaceous, ungracious, veracious, vinaceous, voracious
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