Loricate \Lor"i*cate\, 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.
Loricate \Lor"i*cate\, a. [See {Loricate}, v.] Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
Loricate \Lor"i*cate\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.