obtected

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English

Etymology

From Latin obtectus, past participle of obtegere (to cover over).

Adjective

obtected (comparative more obtected, superlative most obtected)

  1. (obsolete) covered; protected
  2. (zoology) Covered with a hard chitinous case, like the pupa of certain files.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for obtected”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)