Loricate

//ˈlɒɹɪkeɪt// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates. transitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell). not-comparable

    "...so far as my experience goes, all loricate Rotifera are hatched with the lorica already developed."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape. not-comparable

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armoredchitoncloudedcovertcrustenveloped

Example

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"...so far as my experience goes, all loricate Rotifera are hatched with the lorica already developed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lōricātus, perfect passive participle of lōrīcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lōrica (“a coat of mail or breastplate”).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin lōrīcātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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