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.
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.
• (possessing a shell or test): shelled
• aloricate
loricate (plural loricates)
(zoology) Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.
• 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
9 May 2025
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