Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LORICATE
Etymology 1
Verb
loricate (third-person singular simple present loricates, present participle loricating, simple past and past participle loricated)
(transitive) To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
Etymology 2
Adjective
loricate (not comparable)
(microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape.
Synonyms
• (possessing a shell or test): shelled
Antonyms
• aloricate
Noun
loricate (plural loricates)
(zoology) Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.
Anagrams
• Talerico, erotical
Source: Wiktionary
Lor"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Loricating.] Etym: [L. loricatus, p. p. of loricare to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. lorica a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum thong.]
Definition: To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
Lor"i*cate, a. Etym: [See Loricate, v.]
Definition: Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
Lor"i*cate, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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