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Testacel, -elle Zool.|ˈtɛstəsəl, -ˌɛl|
[ad. mod.L. testacella (also in Eng. use), dim. of testācea, fem. of testāce-us adj.: see testacea.]
A genus of carnivorous land-slugs, typical of the family Testacellidæ, having a small oval shield-like shell, which covers only a small part of the back. They live upon earthworms, and inhabit Southern Europe; one species is sometimes found in England.
1846Smart Suppl., Testacel, a little shell; applied as the general name of a slug which is furnished with a diminutive shell that forms a shield to the heart. 1851Woodward Mollusca i. 13 The testacelle..preys on the common earth-worm, following it in its burrow, and wearing a buckler, which protects it in the rear. 1910Daily News 9 May 4 The slug which ‘by good fortune we may catch sight of eating a worm’, is testacella.
Hence testaˈcellid, testaˈcellidan adjs., of or pertaining to the family Testacellidæ; ns. a member of this family; testaˈcelloid a., resembling the Testacella or Testacellidæ.
1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Testacellid..Testacelloid. 1895Cambridge Nat. Hist. III. 440 Jaw present, radula Testacellidan, central tooth present. |