coarctate adjective. [kǝʊ'ɑ:kteɪt] LME.
[Latin coar(c)tatus pa. pple of coar(c)tare: see COARCT, -ATE².]
1. Pressed close together, contracted, confined. LME.

2. Entomology. (Of a pupa) formed within and remaining concealed by the larval cuticle; (of metamorphosis) resulting in such a pupa. E19.

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