loricate

a. 有甲壳的

发音

UK /ˈlɒɹɪkeɪt/
其它
US /ˈlɔɹɪkeɪt/

词形变化

loricates 复数 loricates loricated loricates 三单 loricating loricating 现在分词 loricated 过去式 loricated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    生物 动物学
v.
  1. 1.

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

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).

    生物

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

    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. 2.

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

    生物 动物学

词源

First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin lōrīcātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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