Definition of pupae Pupae
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What does pupae mean?
Wiktionary 
- pupae (Noun)
Plural of pupa.
Part of speech
🔤- pupae, noun, plural of pupa.
WordNet
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| pupa - an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult | ||
| insect small air-breathing arthropod | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pupa (n.)
Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. - pupa (n.)
A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pupa
The form taken by some insects at an early stage in their development. -
pupa
A life stage of some insects undergoing transformation.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Wikipedia 
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A pupa (plural: pupae or pupas) is part of becoming an adult for some insects, like some butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, and bees. The pupal stage comes after being a larva; the next stage is adulthood.
The pupa stage of a butterfly, called a chrysalis (plural "chrysalids"), is a well-known example of a pupa because they are often found in the open.
