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ˈpyu pəpu·pa

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pupanoun

    an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

Wiktionary

  1. pupanoun

    an insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult.

  2. Etymology: From pupa.

Wikipedia

  1. Pupa

    A pupa (Latin: pupa, "doll"; plural: pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through four distinct stages in their life cycle, the stages thereof being egg, larva, pupa, and imago. The processes of entering and completing the pupal stage are controlled by the insect's hormones, especially juvenile hormone, prothoracicotropic hormone, and ecdysone. The act of becoming a pupa is called pupation, and the act of emerging from the pupal case is called eclosion or emergence. The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as chrysalis for the pupae of butterflies and tumbler for those of the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests, or shells.

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  1. pupa

    A pupa is a stage in the life cycle of certain insects, between the larva and adult stages. During this stage, the insect undergoes significant transformation or metamorphosis within a protective casing or cocoon, eventually emerging as an adult. Examples of insects that go through this stage include butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, and bees.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pupanoun

    any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage

  2. Pupanoun

    a genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell

  3. Etymology: [L. pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of pupus. Cf. Puppet.]

Wikidata

  1. Pupa

    A pupa is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, going through four life stages; embryo, larva, pupa and imago.. The pupae of different groups of insects have different names such as chrysalis in the Lepidoptera order and tumbler in the mosquito family. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests or shells.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pupa

    pū′pa, n. an insect enclosed in a case while passing from the caterpillar to the winged stage: a chrysalis—also Pūpe:—pl. Pupæ (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 pupæ developed within the body of the mother.—adjs. Pūpip′arous; Pūpiv′orous; Pū′poid. [L. pupa, a girl, a doll, fem. of pupus, a boy, a child; cf. puer, a boy.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Pupa

    An inactive stage between the larval and adult stages in the life cycle of insects.

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Entomology

  1. Pupa

    the intermediate stage between larva and adult; loosely applied for all orders, properly only for those with a complete metamorphosis: a pupa is obtect, when inclosed in a rigid case on which the members may or may not be outlined. It is liber, or free when the appendages are separately encased and there is no covering over the whole: see chrysalis.

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  1. PUPA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pupa is ranked #77264 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pupa surname appeared 248 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pupa.

    94.7% or 235 total occurrences were White.
    3.6% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PUPA in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PUPA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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