loricate — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

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

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Verwandte Wörter

   lorication

Adjektiv

1. Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Synonyme

   shelled

   Antonyme

   aloricate

   Beispiele

   ...so far as my experience goes, all loricate Rotifera are hatched with the lorica already developed.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

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

   Gebrauch

   • not-comparable

   Antonyme

   aloricate

Substantiv

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