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pupa
/ˈpjupə/
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What does pupa mean?
noun
- An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
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Moreover, the exhausting effort has to be made at the moment of greatest weakness, when the insect leaves that protecting casket, its pupa.
Hermann Müller has come to this same conclusion with respect to those female bees which are the first to emerge from the pupa each year.
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The experiments showed very clearly that the colour and character of the surface on which the pupa rests--and thus its own conspicuousness--are of the greatest importance.
The cautious use of lime and salt around and under the bushes might prove beneficial, since the worm descends into the soil before changing into a pupa.
Wesley stood staring in speechless astonishment, for the man had arisen, brushed the dirt from his hands, and held out to Elnora a small shining dark pupa case.