单词 | cataphract |
释义 | cataphract —cataphractic, adj. /kat"euh frakt'/, n. 1. a heavily armed war galley of ancient Greece. 2. a suit of ancient Roman scale armor for a man or horse. 3. Zool. the bony plates or scales covering the body of certain fishes or reptiles. [1575-85; < L cataphractus fully armored < Gk katáphraktos (akin to kataphrássein to clothe fully in armor), equiv. to kata- CATA- + phraktós fenced, protectively clothed (phrag- fence + -tos verbal adj. suffix)] |
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