loricate

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Meaning

1. verb To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
2. adjective Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).
3. adjective Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape.
4. noun Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.

Similar words

lay on encrust implate rime crust incrust overclad lather overlay overlard

Often followed by

rotifers ciliates forms and species