loricate — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

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

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Parole correlate

   lorication

Aggettivo

1. Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Sinonimi

   shelled

   Contrari

   aloricate

   Esempi

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

   Altri esempi (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.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Contrari

   aloricate

Sostantivo

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