||Tes`ti*car"di*nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See
Test a shell, and Cardo.] (Zoöl.) A division
of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with
a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.
||Tes`ti*car"di*nes (?), n. pl. [NL. See
Test a shell, and Cardo.] (Zoöl.) A division
of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with
a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.