About The Word Coarctate
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Coarctate
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What's The Definition Of Coarctate?
[adj] (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
Synonyms | Synonyms for Coarctate: enclosed Related Terms | Find terms related to Coarctate: See Also | Coarctate In Webster's Dictionary \Co*arc"tate\, a. [L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare
to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from
arctus, p. p. See {Arctation}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects
having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a
constriction.
{Coarctate pupa} (Zo["o]l.), a pupa closely covered by the
old larval skin, as in most Diptera.
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