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coarctate

coarc·tate

UK/kəʊˈɑːk.teɪt/ US/koʊˈɑɹkˌteɪt/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).

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