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LORICA (loricae)
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Irregular inflected form: loricae
Dictionary entry overview: What does lorica mean?
• LORICA (noun)
The noun LORICA has 1 sense:
1. a hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
Familiarity information: LORICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("lorica" is a kind of...):
case; sheath (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)
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