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Definition of Coarctate
1. Adjective. (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case.
Definition of Coarctate
1. a. Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
Definition of Coarctate
1. Adjective. (anatomy) constricted, narrowed or compressed ¹
2. Adjective. (entomology of a pupa) enclosed in a rigid case ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coarctate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Coarctate
1. Synonym: coarct. 2. Pressed together. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coarctate
Literary usage of Coarctate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomologia Edinensis: Or A Description and History of the Insects Found in by James Wilson, James Duncan (1834)
"... slightly coarctate in front, rounded on the sides, the middle transversely
convex ; elytra oblong, wider than the thorax, the apex somewhat rounded ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Charles James Stewart Bethune, W. Saunders, Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), E. B. Reed, Entomological Society of Ontario (1892)
"Their presence, in this case, implied that enclosed in these the insect made its
way out of the coarctate larval skin, and to the outside of the gall, ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1887)
"All my specimens (California, Washington) of this easily recognizable species
have the first posterior cell coarctate, as in some specimens of T. stygius, ..."
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