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Definition of Loricate
1. v. t. To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
2. a. Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
3. n. An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.
Definition of Loricate
1. an animal having a lorica [n -S]
Medical Definition of Loricate
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