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 manica, armguard
    • 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
  • 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