Lorica (), a Latin word literally meaning "
body armour", may refer to:
* A number of types of
Ancient Roman military clothing Ancient Times, Roman. - 017 - Costumes of All Nations (1882).
Military of the Roman Republic and Empire wore loosely regulated dress and armour. The contemporary concept of uniforms was not part of Roman culture and there were considerable differen ...
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Lorica hamata
The ''lorica hamata'' (in Latin with normal elision: ) is a type of mail armor used by soldiers for over 600 years (3rd century BC to 4th century AD) from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. ''Lorica hamata'' comes from the Latin ''hamatus'' ( ...
, a hauberk of mail
**Lorica musculata, a folk term for a
muscle cuirass
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Lorica plumata
The ''lorica plumata'' () also known the ''lorica hamata squamatque'' was a set of Roman armor. The name ''lorica plumata'' translates to feathered cuirass. It was named for its a feathered appearance due to the feather-like scales called plume ...
, a shirt of ribbed scales resembling feathers
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Lorica squamata, a shirt of metal scales
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Lorica segmentata, a cuirass of metal plates
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Lorica (prayer) In the Celtic Christianity, Irish (Hiberno-Scottish mission, Hiberno-Scottish) Monastery, monastic tradition, a lorica is a prayer recited for protection. It is essentially a 'protection prayer' in which the petitioner invokes all the power of God a ...
, an invocation in the Christian monastic tradition
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Leiden Riddle, one of the ''Enigmata'' by the Anglo-Saxon poet Aldhelm
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Loriga, Serra da Estrela in central Portugal, originally named ''Lorica'' by the Romans
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Santa Cruz de Lorica, a small Colombian town in the province of Córdoba
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Lorica (material)
Artificial leather, also called synthetic leather, is a material intended to substitute for leather in upholstery, clothing, footwear, and other uses where a leather-like finish is desired but the actual material is cost
prohibitive or unsuitab ...
, a type of artificial leather
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''Lorica'' (chiton), a genus of chiton
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Litoria lorica
The armoured frog (''Ranoidea lorica''), or armoured mist frog, is a species of tree frog in the torrent frog complex, a group restricted to north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
Taxonomy
The armoured mist frog is one of the four species of Aus ...
'', a species of frog
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Lorica (biology)
In biology, a lorica is a shell-like protective outer covering, often reinforced with sand grains and other particles that some protozoans and loriciferan animals secrete. Usually it is tubular or conical in shape, with a loose case that is closed ...
, a structure secreted by some of the protozoans
* A basket-shaped "house" formed by
choanoflagellates
* A protective covering surrounding flagellated cells of some
algae
Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...
groups
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