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Rotifer vs Loricate - What's the difference?

rotifer | loricate |

As nouns the difference between rotifer and loricate

is that rotifer is any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel while loricate is any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.

As an adjective loricate is

possessing an enclosing shell or test.

As a verb loricate is

to cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

rotifer

English

(wikipedia rotifer) (Rotifera)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera , that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel
  • loricate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (microbiology) Possessing an enclosing shell or test.
  • (zoology) Of or pertaining to the Loricata, a group of rotifers.
  • Synonyms

    * (possessing a shell or test) shelled

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.
  • Verb

    (loricat)
  • To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
  • Anagrams

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