pupate
verb (used without object)
to become a pupa.
will pupate
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future tenseof pupate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Observations have shown that if manure becomes flyblown and the maggots attain a fairly good size before the manure is scattered on the fields, they can continue their development and will pupate in the ground.
From The House Fly and How to Suppress It U. S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1408 by F. C. Bishopp
