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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Test \Test\, d8Testa \[d8]Tes"ta\, n.; pl. E. {Tests}, L. {Test[91]}. [L. testa a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell. See {Test} a cupel.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals. Note: 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. | |
