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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -lorica-, *lorica*
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WordNet (3.0)
lorica(n) a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
loricata(n) former name for the order Crocodylia, Syn. order Loricata

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Lorica

n.; pl. Loricæ [ L., lit., a corselet of thongs, fr. lorum thong. ] 1. (Anc. Armor) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Lute{ 1 } for protecting vessels from the fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loricata

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Loricate. ] (Zool.) (a) A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos. (b) The crocodilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loricate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Loricated p. pr. & vb. n. Loricating ] [ L. loricatus, p. p. of loricare to clothe in mail, to cover with plastering, fr. lorica a leather cuirass, a plastering, fr. lorum thong. ] To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute{ 1 }, a crust, coating, or plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loricate

a. [ See Loricate, v. ] Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Loricate

n. (Zool.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lorication

n. [ L. loricatio. ] The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

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