Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Coarctate pupa (Zool.), a pupa closely covered by the old
larval skin, as in most Diptera.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coarctate
adj 1: (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case