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lorica

/luh-rahy-kuh, law-, loh-/US // ləˈraɪ kə, lɔ-, loʊ- //UK // (lɒˈraɪkə) //

罗瑞卡,萝莉卡,萝莉,萝丽卡

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural lo·ri·cae [luh-rahy-see, -kee, law-, loh-]. /ləˈraɪ si, -ki, lɔ-, loʊ-/.

    • : Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
    • : a cuirass or corselet, originally of leather.

Examples

  • Neque is telorum ictu perforari poterat, durissima squamarum lorica omnia tela facile repellente.

  • Induitur lorica incomparabili, quæ maculis duplicibus intexta, nullius lanceæ ictibus transforabilis haberetur.

  • The body is often provided with not-living external formations “stalk” and “theca” (or “lorica”).

  • Medium-sized ciliates, inclosed in a chitinous lorica with embedded sand crystals.

  • The animal is attached, as in the closely allied genus Tintinnus, by a peduncle to the bottom of the lorica.