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Webster 1913 Edition


Testa

{

Test

, ‖

Tes′ta

, }
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Tests
(#)
, L.
Testae
(#)
.
[L.
testa
a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell. See
Test
a cupel.]
1.
(Zool.)
The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
☞ The test of crustaceans and insects is composed largely of chitin; in mollusks it is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, and is called the shell.
2.
(Bot.)
The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.

Definition 2024


testá

testá

See also: testa and tèsta

Spanish

Verb

testá

  1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of testar.