Found 1 items, similar to Loricate.
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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[1], a crust, coating, or plates. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Loricate \Lor"i*cate\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals. [1913 Webster]