What does "cataphract" mean?
Cataphract: A horseman covered with a cataphract. Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. Milton.
Additional senses
- 2.(Zoöl.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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