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Loricate Adj Animal Shell Scales Plates Lobster  Monster

Word loricate
Definition adj. (of an animal) Having a shell, scales, or plates.
Sentence …the lobster, a loricate monster of a flame-red color…
Source Baudolino, Umberto Eco, p.406

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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