01 a. Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
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Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Coarctate pupa —
a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.