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loricae

loricae is the plural of lorica.

Meaning of lorica

Noun

lorica (plural loricas or loricae)

  1. (historical) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
  2. (obsolete) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
  3. The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorium or rotifer

Phrases with loricae

Questions about loricae

What is loricae the plural of?
Loricae is the plural of lorica.

Words near loricae in the dictionary

  1. Lorias
  2. loric
  3. lorica
  4. lorica hamata
  5. lorica squamata
  6. loricae
  7. loricae hamatae
  8. loricae squamatae
  9. loricariid
  10. loricariids
  11. loricariine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loricae (page history and authors); lorica (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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