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lor·i·cate
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loricatenoun
Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.
loricateadjective
Possessing an enclosing shell or test.
loricateadjective
Of or pertaining to the Loricata, a group of rotifers.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Loricateverb
to cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates
Loricate
covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo
Loricatenoun
an animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals
Etymology: [See Loricate, v.]
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calorite
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of loricate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of loricate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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