Căt'a-phrāct/ed, a.
a. (Zool.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor made of plate, scales, &c.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, &c.
a. (Zool.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor made of plate, scales, &c.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, &c.