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testacid

testacid adjective: belonging to the protozoan order Arcellinida (formerly Testacida).

Adjective

testacid (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the protozoan order Arcellinida (formerly Testacida).
    • This class include foraminiferans, radiolarians, acantharians, heliozoans and helioflage!- lates, most of the so-called proteomyxans, and the filose testacid amebas.1965, The American Midland Naturalist - Volume 73, page 294
    • Chardez (1957, 1960, 1965, 1967, and other papers) and with Krizelj (1970) has extensively catalogued the protozoan fauna (especially testacid amebas) of forest soils and of mosses (from sphagnum bogs, of forest floors, rocks and tree trunks).1979, The University of Kansas Science Bulletin

Questions about testacid

What does testacid mean?
Testacid means belonging to the protozoan order Arcellinida (formerly Testacida).
What part of speech is testacid?
Testacid is an adjective.

Words near testacid in the dictionary

  1. testacellid
  2. testacellids
  3. testaceology
  4. testaceotheology
  5. testaceous
  6. testacid
  7. testacy
  8. testae
  9. testal
  10. testalgia
  11. testament

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