pupa
An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
A kind of
- insect
Kinds of pupa
- chrysalis
Related words
- prepupa
- pseudopupa
- pupacide
- pupadom
- pupahood
- pupiform
- pupigerous
- pupivorous
- pupoid
- semipupa
Word history
From Latin "pūpa" (little girl; doll, puppet).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pupa” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.