The stage of insect metamorphosis following the larva and preceding the imago. SEE ALSO: complete metamorphosis. [L. p., doll]
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pu·pa 'pyü-pə n, pl pu·pae -(.)pē, -.pī or pupas an intermediate usu. quiescent stage of an insect that occurs between the larva and the imago in forms (as a bee, moth, or beetle) which undergo complete metamorphosis and that is characterized by internal changes by which larval structures are replaced by those typical of the imago
pu·pal 'pyü-pəl adj
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pu·pa (puґpə) [L. “a dollâ€] the second stage in the development of an insect, between the larva and the imago. pupal adjMedical dictionary. 2011.