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Definition of Loricate

Loricate
Loricate Lor"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Loricating.] [L. loricatus, p. p. of loricare to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. lorica a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum thong.] To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
Loricate
Loricate Lor"i*cate, a. [See Loricate, v.] Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
Loricate
Loricate Lor"i*cate, n. (Zo["o]l.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.

Meaning of Loricate from wikipedia

- The lorica plumata (Latin pronunciation: [loːr̺iːka pluːmaːt̪a]) also known the lorica hamata squamatque was a set of Roman armor. The name Lorica Plumata...
- found within a basket-like lorica, providing the alternative name of "Loricate Choanoflagellates". The Acanthoecid lorica is composed of a series of siliceous...
- presumably washed to their final resting places. The loricate plates align the animal with the loricates and their sister group the priapulids (which have...
- The list of marine molluscs of Ireland is a list of marine species that form a part of the molluscan fauna of Ireland. Their habitats include littoral...
- sometimes known as sea cradles or "coat-of-mail s****", or more formally as loricates, polyplacophorans, and occasionally as polyplacop****s. Chitons have a...
- Acanthocephala acanthor Locifera Higgins larva Brachiopoda lobate larva Pria**** loricate larva Certain molluscs, annelids, nemerteans and sipunculids trochop****...
- giving the animal a worm-like shape; such rotifers are respectively called loricate and illoricate. Rigid cuticles are often composed of multiple plates, and...
- Indo-Pacific Localities. Electron Microscopical Investigations on Two Loricate Choanoflagellates (Choanoflagellida), Calotheca alata gen. et sp. nov....
- fragment representing the thighs of the honorand, the original size of the loricate statue has been calculated at approximately 7 m tall. While some fragments...
- colony. These species may be further categorized as neutral, mimetic, loricate, and symphiloid synoeketes. Neutral synoeketes ignore and are ignored by...