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Lorica

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. historical
  2. 2
    a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example) wordnet
  3. 3
    Lute for protecting vessels from the fire. obsolete
  4. 4
    The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lōrīca, literally "a corselet of thongs", probably from lorum (“thong”).

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