pupate
verb (used without object)
to become a pupa.
pupates
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present tense formof pupate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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After the glowworm reaches maturity, it spins a cocoon and pupates.
From Scientific American ● May 21, 2012
Ms. Kassinger witnesses the exact moment a caterpillar pupates.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2010
When fully grown the maggot works its way through the hole in the host's skin, and falling to the ground pupates in some sheltered spot, the life cycle occupying about a year.
From The Life-Story of Insects by George H. (George Herbert) Carpenter
Similarly the Horse-bot escapes from the host's intestine with the excrement, and pupates on the ground.
From The Life-Story of Insects by George H. (George Herbert) Carpenter
Having attained its full growth as a caterpillar, it ties together two or three leaves with strands of silk, thus making a loose cocoon within which it pupates.
From The Pecan and its Culture by H. Harold (Hardrada Harold) Hume
