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coarctate

verb

Meaning

  1. To press together; to crowd.
  2. To restrain; to confine.
  3. Constricted, narrowed or compressed
  4. (of a pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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