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▪ I. loricate, a. and n. Zool.|ˈlɒrɪkeɪt|
[ad. L. lōrīcāt-us, f. lorica: see -ate2.]
A. adj. Covered with ‘armour’ or adjoining plates or scales; having a lorica.
1826Kirby & Sp. 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. 1843Owen Lect. Invertebr. Anim. I. 34 The loricate genera are Noteus, Anuræa [etc.]. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 33 In the loricate [reptiles] a neurocentral suture is permanent.
B. n. pl. [repr. mod.L. Loricati or Loricata.]
a. A small group of edentate mammals, including the pangolin and the armadillo.
b. A group of reptiles comprising the alligators, crocodiles, and gavials.
c. A group of infusorians protected by a test or shell.
1855Ogilvie, Suppl., Loricata, Loricates, an order of reptiles... 2. A group of polygastric animalcules. 1877Dawson Orig. World xv. 338 Far in advance of any modern reptiles even of the order of Loricates.
▪ II. loricate, v.|ˈlɒrɪkeɪt|
[f. L. lōrīcāt-, ppl. stem of lōrīcāre, f. lorica.]
trans. To enclose in or cover with a protective coating.
1623Cockeram, Loricate, to arme one with a coat of defence. 1691Ray Creation ii. (1692) 39 Therefore hath Nature loricated or plaistred over the sides of the fore⁓mentioned Hole with Ear-wax. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. 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. 1818in Todd. |