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

1. An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loricate

lorettes
lorettine
Lorfan
lorgnette
lorgnettes
lorgnon
lorgnons
lori
loric
lorica
lorica
loricae
loricata
Loricata
loricate (current term)
loricate (current term)
loricated
loricates
lorics
lories
Loriinae
lorikeet
lorikeet
lorikeets
lorimer
lorimers
loriner
loriners
loring
lorings

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