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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cat·a·phract n.
 1. Mil. Antiq. 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.   --Milton.
 3. Zool. The armor or plate covering some fishes.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cataphract
      n : armor that protects the wearer's whole body [syn: body
          armor, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour,
           coat of mail]