coarctate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

coarctate
    adj 1: (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

enclosed \enclosed\ adj.
   surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of
   {unenclosed}. [Narrower terms: {basined}; {capsulate,
   capsulated}; {closed, closed in(predicate)}; {coarctate};
   {confined, fenced in, penned}; {embedded, fixed}; {embedded,
   surrounded}; {encircled}; {enveloped}; {fogbound};
   {self-enclosed}; {surrounded, encircled}]
   [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coarct \Co*arct"\, Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, v. t. [See
   {Coarctate}, a.]
   1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine
      closely. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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   2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, a. [L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare
   to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from
   arctus, p. p. See {Arctation}.] (Zool.)
   Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects
   having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a
   constriction.
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   {Coarctate pupa} (Zool.), a pupa closely covered by the old
      larval skin, as in most Diptera.
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