[ adj ] (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case <adj.all>
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.
2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
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}.] (Zo["o]l.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
{Coarctate pupa} (Zo["o]l.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.
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]