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Testae

Test \Test\, Testa \Tes"ta\, n.; pl. E. Tests, L. Test[ae]. [L. testa a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell. See Test a cupel.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.

    Note: The test of crustaceans and insects is composed largely of chitin; in mollusks it is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, and is called the shell.

  2. (Bot.) The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.

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testae

n. (en-irregular plural of: testa)

WordNet
testa

  1. n. protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants [syn: episperm, seed coat]

  2. [also: testae (pl)]

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The Mons Testae was nothing, of course, to the mountains of garbage that New Jersey seagulls covered in flocks thick enough to block the sunlight, but it was impressive nonetheless, for an entire hill made from just one kind of trash.