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LORICA
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Irregular inflected form: loricae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hard protective sheath (as secreted by certain protoctists, for example)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lorica" is a kind of...):
case; sheath (an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part)