obtected

Covered; protected; especially, in zoology, covered with a hard shelly case.

In entomology, concealed under a neighboring part: specifically said of the hemielytra of a hemipterous insect when they are covered by the greatly enlarged and shield-like scutellum, as in the family Scutelleridæ: opposed to detected.

Covered; protected.

Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain flies; also called obtect.

covered; protected

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