1) Case 2) Christian prayer 3) Hard, protective shell 4) Impact crater on Mars 5) Old Roman cuirass 6) Sheath
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Latin, meaning: hauberk [a coat of chain mail], a knight's service.
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[biology] In biology, a lorica is a shell-like protective outer covering, often reinforced with sand grains and other particles that some protozoans and loricifera metazoans secrete. Usually it is tubular or conical in shape, with a loose case that is closed at one end. An example is the protozoan genus Stentor, in which the lorica is trump...
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[genus] Lorica is a genus of chitons in the family Schizochitonidae. == Species == ===L. haurakiensis=== This species is rare. ===L. volvox=== === Extinct representatives === Extinct representatives of the genus are known from the Cretaceous of America and the Eocene & Miocene of Oceania.< ...
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[incantation] In the Christian monastic tradition, a lorica is a prayer recited for protection. The Latin word lorica originally meant `armor` or `breastplate.` Both meanings come together in the practice of placing verbal inscriptions on the shields or armorial trappings of knights, who might recite them before going into battle. Notable l...
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• (n.) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. • (n.) The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer. • (n.) Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
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a tubular, conical, or vaselike structure secreted by some protozoans (e.g., Stentor) and many rotifers. Many species incorporate sand grains and ... [4 related articles]
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Shell or test secreted by a protozoan, often vase shaped. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Shell or test secreted by a protozoan; often vase-shaped.
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Up until around the middle of the 1st century BC the main type of armour in use was mail but by AD 43 legionaries were using breast armour made of overlapping, iron strips mounted on leather straps inside and joined on the outside with bronze buckles, hooks, hinges and was held together by two vertical leather straps. It was designed to move with t…...
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Lo·ri'ca noun ;
plural Loricæ . [ Latin , lit., a corselet of thongs, from
lorum thong.]
1. (Anc. Armor) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
2. (Chemistry) Lute for protecting vessels fr...
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A vase-shaped or cup-shaped outer covering. Found in many protists, including some flagellates, ciliates, chrysophytes, and choanoflagellates, as well as in some animal cells.
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[
n] - a hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g.
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noun a hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g.
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An organic or inorganic casing or shell incompletely surrounding an organism, usually loose fitting.
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a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists. · a cuirass or corselet, originally of leather.
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