cataphract
əˌfrækt noun
1.
a heavily armed war galley of ancient Greece.
2.
a suit of ancient Roman scale armor for a man or horse.
3.
Zoology. the bony plates or scales covering the body of certain fishes or reptiles.
Origin:
1575–85; < Latin cataphractus fully armored < Greek katáphraktos (akin to kataphrássein to clothe fully in armor), equivalent to kata- cata- + phraktós fenced, protectively clothed (phrag- fence + -tos verbal adjective suffix)
1575–85; < Latin cataphractus fully armored < Greek katáphraktos (akin to kataphrássein to clothe fully in armor), equivalent to kata- cata- + phraktós fenced, protectively clothed (phrag- fence + -tos verbal adjective suffix)
Related forms
cat·a·phrac·tic, adjective
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Cataphract
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So is fish. Does it mean:
| cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates with gills, often have fins and elongated body covered with scales |
| vertebrate with body hair that nourishes young with milk from mammary glands |
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| cataphract | |
noun | |
| armor that protects the wearer's whole body [syn: body armor] |
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