pupation
- a word derived from pupate.
Example Sentences
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During pupation, a baby insect wraps itself in a protective cocoon or shell while its soft, immature body becomes a more structurally complex adult one.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2013
Born on the Bexley butterfly farm, the boy grew up in a fluttering world that was timed to the persistent rhythm of mating, egg laying, caterpillar collecting, pupation and maturing butterflies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Semipupa: that stage of the larva just preceding pupation: more specifically the interpolated stage between the active larva and the true pupa, in hyper-metamorphosis.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
In this cocoon pupation, which lasts about ten days, takes place.
From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.
One stuck in pupation, and moulded in its skin.
From Moths of the Limberlost by Stratton-Porter, Gene
