coarctate

Definition of Coarctate in English :

1. coarctate

(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Coarctate

adjective

1.

(of a pupa) enclosed in a hard barrel-shaped case (puparium), as in the housefly

2.

crowded or pressed together; constricted

verb (intransitive)

3. pathology

(esp of the aorta) to become narrower; become constricted

adjective Biology

1.

compressed or constricted

2.

rigidly enclosed in the last larval skin

said of certain insect pupae

adj.
Zoology

1. Enclosed within a hard shell, usually the skin of the last larval instar. Used of an insect pupa.

2. Constricted, narrowed, or compressed, as a segment of a blood vessel.