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Former name for the order Crocodylia
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loricata
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Loricata is a group of reptiles that includes crocodylians and their ancestors. It was named by German naturalist Blasius Merrem in his 1820 Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien . Merrem considered it to be one of three groups of Pholidota (reptiles), the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loricata \Lor`i*ca"ta\ (l[o^]r`[i^]*k[=a]"t[asot]), n. pl. [NL. See Loricate .] (Zo["o]l.) A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos. The crocodilia.