| Front | testaceous \teh-STAY-shuhs\ |
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| Back | adjective 1. Having a shell. 2. Having the reddish brown color of bricks or baked clay. [From Latin testa (shell).] "I am informed by Mr. F. Smith that the male ants of several species are black, the females being testaceous." - Charles Darwin; The Descent Of Man; 1871. |
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