• (a.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. • (a.) To restrain; to confine. • (a.) To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/coarctate/
Co·arc'tate adjective [ Latin coarctatus , past participle of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus , past participle See Arctation .] (Zoology) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/99