“obtected”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

obtected

释义

obtected, ppl. a. Entom.|əbˈtɛktɪd|
[f. L. obtect-us, pa. pple. of obtegĕre to cover over + -ed.]
a. Covered by a neighbouring part, as the hemielytra of some Hemiptera by the enlarged scutellum.
b. Applied to the form of pupa characteristic of the Lepidoptera, in which the limbs, etc. of the future insect are indistinctly discernible through the outer covering (opp. to coarctate); in later use sometimes extended to all pupæ in which the whole body and limbs are enclosed in a horny case (including coarctate). Also said of the metamorphosis in which such pupæ occur.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) I. 52 Those of all lepidopterous insects..by Linné are denominated obtected pupæ.1826Ibid. IV. 335 Obtected (Obtecta). When the Hemelytra are covered by a scutelliform mesothorax.Ibid. 431 Metamorphosis incomplete. Metamorphosis obtected.1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 152 The obtected pupa is either angular, as in the majority of Lepidoptera with club-shaped antennæ..or it is conical, as in Sphinx.

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