loricate

present singular third person loricates · participle present loricating · participle past loricated · past loricated

1. transitiveTo cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

1. not comparablebiologyPossessing a lorica (enclosing shell).

   ...so far as my experience goes, all loricate Rotifera are hatched with the lorica already developed.

   1887 P.H.Gosse. Twelve New Species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. June 1887. Transactions of the Society. VIII. p. 363

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   1891 William B.Carpenter, 7th ed rev. W.H.Dallinger. The Microscope and its Revelations. p. 718. pub: London J.&A. Churchill The third order, Ploïma, is divided into a loricate and an illoricate group, which are not, however, very sharply separated; as in some cases the outer layer of the skin is, though horny, yet thin and flexible.

   Synonyms: shelled · Antonyms: aloricate

2. not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape.

   Antonyms: aloricate

plural loricates

1. biologyAny animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.