Thesaurus: coarctate

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1. a. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.
2. a. To restrain; to confine.
3. a. Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
4. adj. (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
5. 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] Ayliffe. Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. Coarctate pupa (Zoöl.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.
6. Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insectshaving the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.Coarctate pupa (Zoöl.), a pupa closely covered by the old larvalskin, as in most Diptera.
7. s (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case