co|arc|tate

co|arc|tate
co|arc|tate «koh AHRK tayt», adjective.
1. pressed together; compressed; contracted.
2. enclosed in an oval, horny case, and having no external indication of the organs: »

a coarctate pupa.

[< Latin coarctātus, past participle of coarctāre < co- together + arctare press close < artus confined]

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