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from The Century Dictionary.
- Half-hidden or half-concealed; specifically, in zoology, noting the head of an insect half-concealed within the shield of the thorax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zool.) Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.
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