loricate

Meanings

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

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

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

Etymology

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”).