Loricate /(lŏr"ĭ*kāt)/

imp. & p. p. Loricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Loricating

1. To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute{1}, a crust, coating, or plates.

1. Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.

1. An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals. (Zool.)