(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:32:06

Ob*tect"ed (?), a. [L. obtectus, p.p. of obtegere to cover over.]

1.

Covered; protected.

[Obs.]

2. Zool.

Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.

 

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