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testaceo-|tɛˈsteɪʃiːəʊ|
combining form of L. testāceus, used a. as in testaceˈography, descriptive testaceology (Webster, 1828); testaceˈology, the zoology of the testaceous animals; hence testaceoˈlogical a. rare; testaceo-theology, natural theology as illustrated by the study of testaceous animals. b. in sense ‘of brick-red colour’, as in testaceo-fuscous, testaceo-piceous, etc. adjs.: see the second elements.
1803Maton in Trans. Linn. Soc. VII. 119 (heading) An Historical Account of Testaceological Writers. Ibid. 121 Aristotle..seems to have been also the first writer, and the inventor of method, in Testaceology. 1755tr. Pontoppidan's Nat. Hist. Norway Pref. 7 That circumstantial examination of every part which hath been undertaken and..executed by Fabricius, in his pyro- and hydro-theology,..Lesser, in his litho- and testaceo-theology.
b.1847J. Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. v. 247 Legs testaceo-fuscous. Ibid. 256 The first joint testaceous, the rest testaceo-piceous. |