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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɒɹɪkeɪt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈlɔɹɪkeɪt/

語源 1

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lōricātus, perfect passive participle of lōrīcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lōrica (“a coat of mail or breastplate”).

動詞

loricate (third-person singular simple present loricates, present participle loricating, simple past and past participle loricated)

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

関連する語

• lorication

語源 2

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

形容詞

loricate (not comparable)

1. (microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).
   • 1887 P.H.Gosse. Twelve New Species of Rotifera. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. June 1887. Transactions of the Society. VIII. p. 363

     ...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.

   Synonym: shelled

   Antonym: aloricate

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

   Antonym: aloricate

派生語

名詞

loricate (plural loricates)

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

アナグラム

• Talerico, erotical

動詞

lōrīcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lōrīcō

形容詞

lōrīcāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lōrīcātus