Pupa
['pjuːpə] or ['pjupə]
Definition
(noun.) an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult.
Typist: Stacey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
(n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
Typed by Leona
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Chrysalis, aurelia.
Edited by Fred
Definition
n. an insect enclosed in a case while passing from the caterpillar to the winged stage: a chrysalis—also Pūpe:—pl. Pup (pū′pē).—adjs. Pū′pal Pūpā′rial.—n. Pūpā′rium a pupa included within the last larval skin.—v.i. Pūpāte′ to become a pupa.—n. Pūpā′tion.—adjs. Pū′piform; Pūpig′erous.—n. Pūpip′ara a division of dipterous insects having pup?developed within the body of the mother.—adjs. Pūpip′arous; Pūpiv′orous; Pū′poid.
Typed by Kate