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A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g.
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lorica
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g. [also: loricae (pl)]
Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context historical English) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. 2 (context chemistry obsolete English) lute for protecting vessels from the fire. 3 (context zoology English) The protective ...
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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 ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lorica \Lo*ri"ca\, n.; pl. Loric[ae] . [L., lit., a corselet of thongs, fr. lorum thong.] (Anc. Armor) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like. (Chem.) Lute[1] for protecting vessels from the fire. ...
Usage examples of lorica.
I do want you to understand, Tadd, is that Lorica Industries is pledged to seeing to it that Mickey will be taken care of for his entire life.
Japan, 1 stood in my office on top of the Lorica Industries corporate citadel.
Because it was located just beyond the western edge of City Center, the fastest way to get to it was to take the maglev in from the Lorica tower, head across the center and walk the half-mile to the station on the upper roadway.
With his grandfather promising to take care of his son, Will set out to offer his services to Hal Garrett and Lorica Industries.
He realized that if he had any doubts about his being accepted by Sunburst and Lorica, he might have tried to do something special.
Yet, despite the plethora of adventures he conjured up, cinching on a gunbelt and seating an Ingram Mac -11 submachinegun in the holster while high up in the Lorica Corporate Citadel at 1 in the morning had not been one of them.
Aside from the backglow of the computer screen and the harsh glare of his desk lamp, the office he had been given in the Lorica Tower remained dark.
Appearing the the suite of rooms I maintained at the top of the Lorica Industries corporate citadel, 1 left Crowley to call Jytte while I took a shower and dressed in jeans, an aquamarine shirt and a pair of docksider loafers.
Within 15 minutes, she arrived via the private elevator from the executive visitor suites Lorica maintained for visiting officers from other companies.
When Lorica bought them, they should have gone for the military version and just pulled the weapons.
Natch waiting for me in my suite at the top of the Lorica Citadel, but one look into her cerulean eyes told me that she was not my visitor.
During that time, we completed the conversions of two Lorica CV-27 Peregrines, and Joniak was able to fully arm his bird.
The destruction of the Lorica tower would kill countless people both in the citadel and in Eclipse when it fell.
Phoenix and in joint ventures with Lorica to provide jobs for the survivors of the battle for Turquoise.
Nero Loring has resumed his leadership of Lorica, and his daughter is being brought along to replace him.