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Shelled vs Loricate - What's the difference?

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Loricate is a synonym of shelled.



As verbs the difference between shelled and loricate

is that shelled is past tense of shell while loricate is to cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

As an adjective loricate is

possessing an enclosing shell or test.

As a noun loricate is

any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.

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