Pupa Definition

pyo͝opə
pupae, pupas
noun
An insect in the nonfeeding stage of development between the last larval and adult forms, characterized by many anatomical changes and, often, by enclosure in a cell or cocoon.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Acteonidae.

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Other Word Forms of Pupa

Noun

Singular:
pupa
Plural:
pup, pupae, pupas

Origin of Pupa

  • From New Latin, from a special use of Latin pupa.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin pupa (“doll, little girl")

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin pūpa girl, doll

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pupa Sentence Examples

  • The pupa stage of the ant-lion is quiescent.

  • Pupa is named from its resemblance to a chrysalis, the apex being rounded.

  • The wing, when not in use, is folded d Pupa of Dyticus.

  • Through this temporary protection the active pupa, which closely resembles the mature insect, subsequently bites a way by means of its strong mandibles, and rising to the surface of the water casts the pupal integument and becomes sexually adult.

  • It hides itself in the ground during the winter, and in the spring it passes into the pupa stage, from which it emerges about August as the full-grown insect.

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Words Starting With P and Ending With A

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