In dictionaries:
testate succession
Distribution of assets by will.
Testate amoebae
(formerly thecamoebians, Testacea or Thecamoeba) a polyphyletic group of unicellular amoeboid protists, which differ from naked amoebae in the presence of a test that partially encloses the cell, with an aperture from which the pseudopodia emerge, that provides the amoeba with shelter from predators and environmental conditions.
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