coarctate
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English
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Definitions
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.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Synonyms
(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
Synonyms grouped by meaning — WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
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