lorica
/ləˈrʌɪkə
/noun (plural loricae /ləˈrʌɪkiː/ or loricas)
1 historical A Roman corselet or cuirass of leather.Most conspicuous were the dark clumps consisting of several individuals with their loricas cemented together....
- The legionary soldiers based at Exeter wore a type of body armour called lorica segmentata made from strips of iron, leather straps and copper alloy fittings.
- All weapons, armor, embolon, figurehead, and high-class loricae are made by them.
2 Zoology The rigid case or shell of some rotifers and protozoans.The plesiomorphic condition in both adults and larvae of the lorica seems to be a thin lorica with many plicae....
- The abdomen is usually covered with a thin lorica with many folds.
- Choanoflagellates have no fossil record, although some marine species secrete delicate loricae, or outer coverings, made of fine, interwoven silica bars.
Origin
Latin, literally 'breastplate'.
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- navicular fossa
- navicular syndrome
- naviculoid
- Navier–Stokes equation
- naviform
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