The Collaborative International Dictionary
coarctate
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]
Wiktionary
coarctate
1 (context anatomy English) constricted, narrowed or compressed 2 (context entomology of a pupa English) enclosed in a rigid case v
1 (context obsolete English) To press together; to crowd. 2 (context obsolete English) To restrain; to confine.
WordNet
coarctate
adj. (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
Usage examples of "coarctate".
Then we can gather the coarctate pupae which preserve themselves in hardened cuticula.