(historical) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. / (chemistry, obsolete) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.

plural of lorica

(transitive) To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

(microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell). / (zoology) Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape.

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

plural of lorication

The act of loricating. / The protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.

plural of loricate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loricate

plural of loricariid