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Enclosed, as a pupa
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obtect
Word definitions for obtect in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context entomology of a pupa English) Having the legs and other appendages are more or less strongly cemented to the body.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obtected \Ob*tect"ed\, a. [L. obtectus, p. p. of obtegere to cover over.] Covered; protected. [Obs.] (Zo["o]l.) Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain flies; also called obtect .