a. and sb. [f. mod.L. Lōrīcāria name of the typical genus (f. LORICA) + -AN.] Belonging to the Loricariidæ, a family of freshwater fishes of tropical America, which have the head and body cuirassed or loricated; sb. a fish of this family. Also Loricarioid a. and sb.
In mod. Dicts.
