Semirecondite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semirecondite \Sem`i*rec"on*dite\
     (s[e^]m`[i^]*r[e^]k"[o^]n*d[imac]t or
     s[e^]m`[i^]*r[-e]*k[o^]n"d[i^]t), a. (Zool.)
     Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect
     when half covered by the shield of the thorax.
     [1913 Webster]