Definition of "loricate" in English

verb

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

adjective

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

   • ...so far as my experience goes, all loricate Rotifera are hatched with the lorica already developed.
   • 1891 William B.Carpenter, 7th ed rev. W.H.Dallinger. The Microscope and its Revelations. p. 718. pub: London J.&A. Churchill The third order, Ploïma, is divided into a loricate and an illoricate group, which are not, however, very sharply separated; as in some cases the outer layer of the skin is, though horny, yet thin and flexible.

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

noun

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