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A dormant form of an insect (plural pupae). A larva spins a cocoon to protect itself, and becomes a pupa. The pupa does not feed, but gradually changes form and becomes a new adult.
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[PEW-pah] (pl., PEW-pee] the stage between the larva and the adult in an insect with complete metamorphosis (see also cocoon, chrysalis, and puparium).
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the second state of the insect from the egg, often quiescent; the members being more or less concealed by the common integument. See aurelia, nympha, chrysalis.
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A nonfeeding and usually inactive stage which occurs between the larval and adult stages of insect development.
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a developmental stage of many insects, intermediate between the larva and the adult; this stage is generally inactive and encased in a case or cocoon
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