Coarctate

[kәu'ɑ:kteit]

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

Editor: Thea--From WordNet

(a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.

(a.) To restrain; to confine.

(a.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Typist: Millie

adj. compressed.—n. Coarctā′tion.

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