coarctate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

WordNet

Co*arc"tate adjective
Etymology
L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus, p. p. See Arctation.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Webster 1913