Coarctate
Pronunciation : Co*arc"tate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus, p. p. See Arctation.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. Coarctate pupa (Zo?l.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913