Loricate

Definition of Loricate

Lor´i`cate

v. t.	1.	To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute{1}, a crust, coating, or plates. [imp. & p. p. Loricated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loricating .]
a.	1.	Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
n.	1.	(Zool.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.

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