Meaning of the word 'loricate'

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Meaning of ‘loricate’

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loricate

To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates. Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo. An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.

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Meaning of 'loricate'

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