coarctate
adjective
- compressed or constricted
- rigidly enclosed in the last larval skin: said of certain insect pupae
See coarctate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kō-ärkˈtātˌ)
adjective Zoology - Enclosed in an oval horny case. Used of an insect pupa.
- Constricted, narrowed, or compressed, as a segment of a blood vessel.
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