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Coarctate

//kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed.
  2. 2
    (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To press together; to crowd. obsolete
  2. 2
    To restrain; to confine. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).

Etymology 2

From the above adjective, for more see etymology at -ate.

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