loricate

English

WOTD – 24 September 2009

Lorica on a loricate species of Rotifera

Lizards in the genus Cordylus include some markedly loricate species

The pangolins are conspicuously loricate extant mammals.

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lōricātus, perfect passive participle of lōrīcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lōrica (“a coat of mail or breastplate”).

Verb

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.

Related terms

• lorication

Translations

cover with a protecting substance

Etymology 2

First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin lōrīcātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Adjective

loricate (not comparable)

1. (microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).
   • 1887 P.H.Gosse. Twelve New Species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. June 1887. Transactions of the Society. VIII. p. 363

     ...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.

   Synonym: shelled

   Antonym: aloricate

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

   Antonym: aloricate

Derived terms

• aloricate

• illoricate

• nonloricate

Translations

possessing an enclosing shell

of or pertaining to the Loricata

Noun

loricate (plural loricates)

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

Translations

an animal covered with bony scales

Anagrams

• Talerico, erotical

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫoː.riːˈkaː.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lo.riˈkaː.te]

Verb

lōrīcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lōrīcō

Adjective

lōrīcāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lōrīcātus