Cataphract
Cataphract (kat"ȧ*frakt) , noun
[Latin cataphractes, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} covered, from {not transcribed} to cover; kata` down, wholly + fra`ssein to inclose.]
1.
(Military Antiquities) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
2.
A horseman covered with a cataphract.
Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears.
3.
(Zoology) The armor or plate covering some fishes.