loricate

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: lor=i=cate

CIDE DICTIONARY

loricate, v. t. [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, 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, n. 

 An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

loricate, adj. & n. Zool.
--adj. having a defensive armour of bone, plates, scales, etc.
--n. an animal with this.

Etymology

L loricatus f. lorica breastplate f. lorum strap