loricate

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɹɪkeɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔɹɪkeɪt/

An adaptation of lōrīcāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin lōrīcō.

loricate (third-person singular simple present loricates, present participle loricating, simple past and past participle loricated)

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

• lorication

An adaptation of Latin lōrīcātus.

loricate (not comparable)

1. (microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).

   Synonym: shelled

   Antonym: aloricate

2. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape.

   Antonym: aloricate

loricate (plural loricates)

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

• Talerico, erotical

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /loː.riːˈkaː.te/, [ɫ̪oːriːˈkäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lo.riˈka.te/, [loriˈkäːt̪e]

lōrīcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lōrīcō

lōrīcāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lōrīcātus