What does "loricate" mean?
Loricate: To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
Additional senses
- 2.Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
- 3.An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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