Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A false pupa: applied to the fifth stage, or coarctate pupa, of those insects which undergo hypermetamorphosis. Also called
semipupa . Seecoarctate , and cut underSitaris .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
stage intermediate between thelarva andpupa ofbees and certain otherhymenopterous insects .
Etymologies
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pseudo- + pupa
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