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Webster 1913 Edition


Testicardines


Tesˊti-car′di-nes

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Test
a shell, and
Cardo
.]
(Zool.)
A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.