pupa
noun
an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
pupas
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pluralof pupa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I think of middle school as being this time of tremendous change, when kids are kind of pupas again, and their environment is so important, and their environment is school.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2021
After that 1974 final, their president, Vicente Calderón described them as el pupas, the jinxed one.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2016
The new work involves three different species of parasitic jewel wasps, tiny insects that drill into the pupas of flies and lay their eggs, letting the offspring feed on the host.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 18, 2013
In about twelve days or longer they turn into tumblers or pupas, which in a few days longer come to the top when their backs split open and the mosquito comes out and flies away.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
