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lor·i·cate

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  1. loricatenoun

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

  2. loricateadjective

    Possessing an enclosing shell or test.

  3. loricateadjective

    Of or pertaining to the Loricata, a group of rotifers.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Loricateverb

    To plate over.

    Nature hath loricated, or plaistered over, the sides of the tympanum in animals with ear-wax, to stop and entangle any insects that should attempt to creep in there. John Ray.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Loricateverb

    to cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates

  2. Loricate

    covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo

  3. Loricatenoun

    an animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals

  4. Etymology: [See Loricate, v.]

Anagrams for loricate »

  1. erotical

  2. calorite

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of loricate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of loricate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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