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Variant of coarctate

coarctate Definition

co·arc·tate (kō ärktāt′)

adjective

  1. compressed or constricted
  2. rigidly enclosed in the last larval skin: said of certain insect pupae

Etymology: < L coarctatus, pp. of coarctare, to press together < co-, together + artare, to press together < artus, fitted, narrow < artus, a joint (see art): sp. infl. by assoc. with arcere, to enclose

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