lorica
Americannoun
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Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
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a cuirass or corselet, originally of leather.
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the hard outer covering of rotifers, ciliate protozoans, and similar organisms
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an ancient Roman cuirass of leather or metal
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Origin of lorica
1700–10; lorica ( def. 1 ) < New Latin, special use of Latin lōrīca corselet (originally of leather), akin to lōrum thong; lorica ( def. 2 ) < Latin
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The animal is attached, as in the closely allied genus Tintinnus, by a peduncle to the bottom of the lorica.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
Sometimes the mouth becomes twisted and the lorica is therefore bilateral.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
The tube of the Œcistes is called a "lorica," or carapace; but it has in truth no right whatever to the appellation.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.
When they contract they draw back to the bottom of the lorica; when expanded they usually stretch out of the mouth opening.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
He wore the armour of a Roman centurion—a lorica or cuirass, made of plates of bronze, fastened to a flexible body of leather; and cothurni, or a sort of laced boots, leaching to mid-leg.
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry
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