loricate
loricate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates called?
- What is covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo called?
- What is an animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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