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Coarctate

Coarctate Meaning & Definition
Coarctate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coarctate?

[adj] (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coarctate: enclosed

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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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