||Tes*ta"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. testaceum a shelled anumal. See
||Testaceous.] (Zoöl.) Invertebrate animals covered with shells,
||especially mollusks; shellfish.
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Tes*ta"cean (?), n. (Zoöl.) Onr of the Testacea.
Tes*ta`ce*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Testacea + -graphy: cf. F.
testacéographie.] The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish;
the description of shellfish. [R.]
Tes*ta`ce*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Testacea + -logy: cf. F. testacéologie.] The
science of testaceous mollusks; conchology. [R.]
Tes*ta"ceous (?), a. [L. testaceus, fr. testa a shell. See Testa.] 1.
Of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard
shell.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow
color.
Testaceous animals (Zoöl.), animals having a firm, calcareous shell, as
oysters and clams, thus distinguished from crustaceous animals, whose
shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several joints, or
articulations, as lobsters and crabs.
Tes"ta*cy (?), n. [See Testate.] (Law) The state or circumstance of
being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.
Tes"ta*ment (?), n. [F., fr. L. testamentum, fr. testari to be a
witness, to make one's last will, akin to testis a witness. Cf.
Intestate, Testify.] 1. (Law) A solemn, authentic instrument in
writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his
estate and effects after his death.
This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and
testament. A testament, to be valid, must be made by a person of sound
mind; and it must be executed and published in due form of law. A man,
in certain cases, may make a valid will by word of mouth only. See
Nuncupative will, under Nuncupative.
2. One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a
covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books
of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively
revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; — often limited, in
colloquial language, to the latter.
He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the
transgressions that were under the first testament.
Heb. ix. 15.
Holographic testament, a testament written wholly by the testator
himself. Bouvier.
Tes`ta*men"tal (?), a. [L. testamentalis.] Of or pertaining to a
testament; testamentary.
Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee.
J. Montgomery.
Tes`ta*men"ta*ry (?), a. [L. testamentarius: cf. F. testamentaire.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.