Found 2 items, similar to Coarctate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: coarctate coarctate adj : (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
English → English (gcide) Definition: Coarctate Coarct \Co*arct"\, Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, v. t. [See Coarctate, a.] 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] Coarctate \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. [1913 Webster] Coarctate pupa (Zo["o]l.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera. [1913 Webster]