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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•a•phract (kat′ə frakt′),USA pronunciation n. - Antiquitya heavily armed war galley of ancient Greece.
- Antiquitya suit of ancient Roman scale armor for a man or horse.
- Zoologythe bony plates or scales covering the body of certain fishes or reptiles.
- Greek katáphraktos (akin to kataphrássein to clothe fully in armor), equivalent. to kata- cata- + phraktós fenced, protectively clothed (phrag- fence + -tos verbal adjective, adjectival suffix)
- Latin cataphractus fully armored
- 1575–85
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