Lorica

Lorica is a Latin word literally meaning body armour and may refer to:

• A number of types of Roman armour:
  • 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
• A religious incantation
• Lorica, one of the Enigmata by the Anglo-Saxon poet Aldhelm.
• Loriga, Serra da Estrela in central Portugal, originally named Lorica by the Romans
• A basket-shaped "house" formed by choanoflagellates
• A protective covering surrounding flagellated cells of some algae groups
• Alorica, a telecommunications company of call centers, sometimes verbally abbreviated to 'Lorica
• Santa Cruz de Lorica, a small Colombian town in the province of Córdoba
• A type of artificial leather patented and manufactured by Italian company Lorica Sud.
• Lorica, a genus of chiton
• Litoria lorica, a species of frog
• Lorica (biology), a structure secreted by some of the protozoans