'Coarctate' definitions:
Definition of 'coarctate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
Definition of 'Coarctate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Coarctate'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] (Zool.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. [1913 Webster]
- Coarctate pupa (Zool.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'coarctate'
From: GCIDE
- enclosed \enclosed\ adj. surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of unenclosed. [Narrower terms: basined; {capsulate, capsulated}; closed, closed in(predicate); coarctate; confined, fenced in, penned; embedded, fixed; {embedded, surrounded}; encircled; enveloped; fogbound; self-enclosed; surrounded, encircled] [WordNet 1.5]