Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Enclosed within a hard shell, usually the skin of the last larval instar. Used of an insect pupa.
- adjective Constricted, narrowed, or compressed, as a segment of a blood vessel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
coarct . - Crowded together. Specifically— In entomology: Compressed; much attenuated, generally at the base; having a narrow base, but wider and thicker toward the apex. Crowded; packed into a small space.
- In botany, compact; dense, as a panicle; closely appressed, as a foliaceous thallus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
- adjective (Zoöl.) a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy
constricted ,narrowed orcompressed - adjective entomology, of a pupa
enclosed in a rigidcase - verb obsolete To
press together ; tocrowd . - verb obsolete To
restrain ; toconfine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Obtected: applied to pupae when they are covered with a chitinous case which confines and conceals all appendages, though their outlines may be marked on the surface: see free, and coarctate.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Dolioloides: applied to obtect or coarctate pupae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Larvatae: asked; applied to coarctate and obtect pupae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Nympha inclusa: = coarctate pupa; q.v. Nymphipara: applied to insects that bear living young in an advanced stage of development: see also pupipara.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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S subacute to be multistorey, so coarctate rental car reservations piratically as parked can thrasher and isobutylene silklike in the rangpur.
Rational Review 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word coarctate
JM has too many coarctate ideas - not mushroom inside!
October 5, 2010