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Definition of Lorica
1. Noun. A hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example).
Definition of Lorica
1. n. A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
Definition of Lorica
1. a protective covering or shell [n -CAE]
Medical Definition of Lorica
1. Shell or test secreted by a protozoan, often vase shaped. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lorica
Literary usage of Lorica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"lorica tumbler-shaped, slightly narrower and rounded posteriorly, the anterior
margin nearly as wide as the lorica is long, the sides straight, ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Zooid not protruding much beyond the aperture when extended; transversely striate.
Length of lorica 110/1. Marsh water. FIG. 549. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1894)
"lorica fusiform, three times as long as broad, punctate with minute, ...
lorica subspherical, somewhat depressed, the anterior aperture produced into a ..."
4. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1821)
"On the lorica Catena of the Romans. By SAMUEL RUSH MEYRICK, LL. ... The lorica
catena has been universally described by commentators as armour ex ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1851)
"Form of lorica (viewed laterally) nearly a parallelogram, greatly compressed.
... lorica three-sided, a section forming a nearly equilateral triangle; ..."
6. The Microscopy of Drinking Water by George Chandler Whipple, John Wymond Miller Bunker (1914)
"lorica often furnished with a thin dorsal ridge. Many species. (PI. XVI, Fig. 5.
... lorica of two lateral plates, open in front, gaping behind. ..."
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