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Cataphracted
Cataphracted Cat"a*phract`ed, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.;
or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony
plates, hard, callous skin, etc.
Cataphract
Cataphract Cat"a*phract, n. [L. cataphractes, Gr. ?, fr. ?
covered, fr. ? to cover; kata` down, wholly + ? to inclose.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and
often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale
armor of some eastern nations.
2. A horseman covered with a cataphract.
Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears.
--Milton.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.
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