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Princeton's WordNet

  1. coarctateadjective

    (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

Wiktionary

  1. coarctateadjective

    constricted, narrowed or compressed

  2. coarctateadjective

    enclosed in a rigid case

Wikipedia

  1. coarctate

    A pupa (Latin: pupa, "doll"; plural: pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages thereof being egg, larva, pupa, and imago. The processes of entering and completing the pupal stage are controlled by the insect's hormones, especially juvenile hormone, prothoracicotropic hormone, and ecdysone. The act of becoming a pupa is called pupation, and the act of emerging from the pupal case is called eclosion or emergence. The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as chrysalis for the pupae of butterflies and tumbler for those of the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests, or shells.

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  1. coarctate

    Coarctate generally refers to being constricted, narrowed or contracted. It is often used in medical or scientific context to describe situations where a passage, space or structure has become tighter or smaller in size. In biology, it can also refer to a particular stage in the development of certain insects.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Coarctateadjective

    to press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely

  2. Coarctateadjective

    to restrain; to confine

  3. Coarctateadjective

    pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction

  4. Etymology: [See Coarctate, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Coarctate

    kō-ark′tāt, adj. compressed.—n. Coarctā′tion. [L. coartāre, -ātum, to compress together.]

Entomology

  1. Coarctate

    contracted: compacted: applied to that form of pupa in which all the members of the future adult are concealed by a thickened, usually cylindric case or covering, which is often the hardened skin of the larva: beginning with a narrow base, then dilated and thickened.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of coarctate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of coarctate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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