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loricas

loricas 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

Questions about loricas

What is loricas the plural of?
Loricas is the plural of lorica.

Words near loricas in the dictionary

  1. loricariid
  2. loricariids
  3. loricariine
  4. loricarioid
  5. loricarioids
  6. loricas
  7. loricatan
  8. loricatans
  9. loricate
  10. loricated
  11. loricates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loricas (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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