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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

enclosed \enclosed\ adj. surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of unenclosed. [Narrower terms: basined; capsulate, capsulated; closed, closed in(predicate); coarctate; confined, fenced in, penned; embedded, fixed; embedded, surrounded; encircled; enveloped; fogbound; self-enclosed; surrounded, encircled] [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, a. [L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus, p. p. See Arctation.] (Zool.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. [1913 Webster] Coarctate pupa (Zool.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coarct \Co*arct"\, Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, v. t. [See Coarctate, a.] 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

coarctate adj 1: (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case