Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pupa
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Pupa
pupa
noun (plural ~e or ~s) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin ~ doll Date: 1815 an intermediate usually quiescent stage of a metamorphic insect (as a bee, moth, or beetle) that occurs between the larva and the imago, is usually enclosed in a cocoon or protective covering, and undergoes internal changes by which larval structures are replaced by those typical of the imago • ~l adjective
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1.
n. (pl. pupae) an insect in the stage of development between larva and imago. Derivatives pupal adj. Etymology: mod.L f. L pupa girl, doll ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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куколка – active pupa – barrel-shaped pupa – free pupa – obtected pupa – paedogenetic pupa ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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5.
(pupae) A pupa is an insect that is in the stage of development between a larva and a fully grown adult. It has a protective covering and does not move. (TECHNICAL) The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n plural pupas or pupae, an insect in the middle stages of its development when it is protected inside a special cover - pupal adj (in the pupal stage) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 1815, special use by Linnaeus (1773) of L. pupa "girl, doll, puppet" (see pupil (1)) on notion of "undeveloped creature." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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