"Pupas" is a word in ENGLISH

One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly …

The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the …

The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a).

The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.

The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a …

Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During …

A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, …

Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, …

Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoology, said of the pupae of certain insects.

The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

Producing pupas or nymphs.

Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.

Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to …

division of insects (Zool.) reticulated wings, as in the Neuroptera, but having an active pupa state. It includes the dragon …

A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.

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

púpa n {1} stern of boats. {2} = apúpa. v {1} [A] go toward the stern. Mipúpa ang hángin, The …

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

Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa.