Obtect

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

  Obtected \Ob*tect"ed\, a. [L. obtectus, p. p. of obtegere to
     cover over.]
     1. Covered; protected. [Obs.]
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     2. (Zool.) Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of


        certain flies; also called {obtect}.
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