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单词 testacel
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TestacelTestacellen.

/ˈtɛstəsəl//ˈtɛstəsɛl/
Etymology: < modern Latin testacella (also in English use), diminutive of testācea , feminine of testāceus adjective: see testacea n.
Zoology.
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.
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Testacel1846
1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 2) 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.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. 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.
1910 Daily News 9 May 4 The slug which ‘by good fortune we may catch sight of eating a worm’, is testacella.

Derivatives

testaˈcellid adj. and n. = testacellidan adj. and n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > of or belonging to Inoperculata > of or relating to family Testacellidae
testacellid1895
testacellidan1895
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > order Pulmonifera > Inoperculata > family Testacellidae > member of
testacellid1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Testacellid.
testaˈcellidan adj. and n. (a) adj. of or pertaining to the family Testacellidæ; (b) n. a member of this family.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > of or belonging to Inoperculata > of or relating to family Testacellidae
testacellid1895
testacellidan1895
1895 Cambr. Nat. Hist. III. 440 Jaw present, radula Testacellidan, central tooth present.
testaˈcelloid adj. resembling the Testacella or Testacellidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > belonging to order Pulmonifera > of or belonging to Inoperculata > of or relating to family Testacellidae > resembling land-slugs
testacelloid1895
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. Testacelloid.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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