Definition of "coarctate" []

• Zoology Enclosed in an oval horny case. Used of an insect pupa. (adjective)
• Zoology Constricted, narrowed, or compressed, as a segment of a blood vessel. (adjective)

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• "Obtected: applied to pupae when they are covered with a chitinous case which confines and conceals all appendages, though their outlines may be marked on the surface: see free, and coarctate."
• "Dolioloides: applied to obtect or coarctate pupae."
• "Larvatae: asked; applied to coarctate and obtect pupae."