coarctate

1. 1.

   (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case

   Similarenclosed

Questions about coarctate

What does coarctate mean?

coarctate means "(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case".

How many syllables are in coarctate?

coarctate has 3 syllables and divides as co-arc-tate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is coarctate a common word?

coarctate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.