Lorica
Lorica (Latin pronunciation: [loːˈriːka]), a Latin word literally meaning "body armour", may refer to:
- A number of types of Ancient Roman military clothing:
- Lorica hamata, a hauberk of mail
- Lorica musculata, a folk term for a muscle cuirass
- Lorica plumata, a shirt of ribbed scales resembling feathers
- Lorica squamata, a shirt of metal scales
- Lorica segmentata, a cuirass of metal plates
- Lorica (prayer), an invocation in the Christian monastic tradition
- Leiden Riddle, one of the Enigmata by the Anglo-Saxon poet Aldhelm
- Loriga, Serra da Estrela in central Portugal, originally named Lorica by the Romans
- Santa Cruz de Lorica, a small Colombian town in the province of Córdoba
- Lorica (material), a type of artificial leather
- Lorica (chiton), a genus of chiton
- Litoria lorica, a species of frog
- Lorica (biology), a structure secreted by some of the protozoans
- A basket-shaped "house" formed by choanoflagellates
- A protective covering surrounding flagellated cells of some algae groups
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