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cataphracted

American

[kat-uh-frak-tid] / ˈkæt əˌfræk tɪd /

adjective

Zoology.

covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.

Etymology

Origin of cataphracted

First recorded in 1880–85; cataphract + -ed ³

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