Testa Definition

tĕstə
testae
noun
The hard outer covering or integument of a seed.
Webster's New World

(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm; the test.

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testa
Plural:
testae

Origin of Testa

  • Borrowing from Latin testa.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin shell

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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