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单词 loricate
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loricateadj.n.

Brit. /ˈlɒrᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɔrəˌkeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin lōrīcātus, < lorica n.: see -ate suffix2.
Zoology.
A. adj.
Covered with ‘armour’ or adjoining plates or scales; having a lorica.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [adjective] > having a hard protective covering > having scales
scaleda1400
scaly1528
plateda1560
squamy1592
squamigerous1656
squamose1661
shielded1662
squamous1668
squamated1752
scutated1802
loricate1826
scutate1826
squamate1826
scutulate1827
loricated1871
scutulated1885
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 347 Loricate (Loricatum). When the disk of the thigh appears covered with a double series of oblique scales like a coat of mail.
1843 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals 34 The loricate genera are Noteus, Anuræa [etc.].
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 33 In the loricate [reptiles] a neurocentral suture is permanent.
B. n. plural. [representing modern Latin Loricati or Loricata.]
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a. A small group of edentate mammals, including the pangolin and the armadillo.
b. A group of reptiles comprising the alligators, crocodiles, and gavials.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) > [noun]
loricate1855
1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Loricata, Loricates, an order of reptiles.
1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World xv. 338 Far in advance of any modern reptiles even of the order of Loricates.
c. A group of infusorians protected by a test or shell.
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1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Loricata, Loricates, a group of polygastric animalcules.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loricatev.

Brit. /ˈlɒrᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈlɔrəˌkeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin lōrīcāt-, participial stem of lōrīcāre , < lorica n.
transitive. To enclose in or cover with a protective coating.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover and protect
shrouda1400
fortify1607
loricate1623
protect1839
cocoon1948
mask1961
sleeve1980
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Loricate, to arme one with a coat of defence.
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 186 Therefore hath Nature loricated or plaistered over the sides of the forementioned Hole with Ear-wax.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Lorication When vessels are exposed to a fire too strong for their structure..they crack and burst; for the preventing of which the operator has recourse to this method of coating or loricating his vessels.
1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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