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Definition of pupa
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Pupa (n.) Any
insect
in that stage of its
metamorphosis
which
usually
immediately
precedes
the
adult,
or
imago,
stage..
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Pupigerous
::
Pupigerous
(a.)
Bearing
or
containing
a pupa; -- said of
dipterous
larvae
which do not molt when the pupa is
formed
within
them.
Teneral
::
Teneral
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
condition
assumed
by the imago of
certain
Neuroptera,
after
exclusion
from the pupa. In this state the
insect
is soft, and has not fully
attained
its
mature
coloring..
Pseudopupa
::
Pseudopupa
(n.) A stage
intermediate
between
the larva and pupa of bees and
certain
other
hymenopterous
insects.
Subincusation
::
Subimago
(n.) A stage in the
development
of
certain
insects,
such as the May
flies,
intermediate
between
the pupa and
imago.
In this
stage,
the
insect
is able to fly, but
subsequently
sheds a skin
before
becoming
mature.
Called
also
pseudimago..
Pupa
::
Pupa (n.) A genus of
air-breathing
land
snails
having
an
elongated
spiral
shell.
Pruner
::
Pruner
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of
beetles
whose
larvae
gnaw the
branches
of trees so as to cause them to fall,
especially
the
American
oak
pruner
(Asemum
moestum),
whose larva eats the pith of oak
branches,
and when
mature
gnaws a
circular
furrow
on the
inside
nearly
to the bark. When the
branches
fall each
contains
a
pupa..
Pupiparous
::
Pupiparous
(a.)
Bearing,
or
containing,
a pupa; -- said of the
matured
larvae,
or
larval
skins,
of
certain
Diptera..
Pseudoneuroptera
::
Pseudoneuroptera
(n. pl.)
division
of
insects
(Zool.)
reticulated
wings,
as in the
Neuroptera,
but
having
an
active
pupa
state.
It
includes
the
dragon
flies,
May
flies,
white ants, etc. By some
zoologists
they are
classed
with the
Orthoptera;
by
others,
with the
Neuroptera..
Mosquito
::
Mosquito
(n.) Any one of
various
species
of gnats of the genus Culex and
allied
genera.
The
females
have a
proboscis
containing,
within
the
sheathlike
labium,
six fine,
sharp,
needlelike
organs
with which they
puncture
the skin of man and
animals
to suck the
blood.
These
bites,
when
numerous,
cause,
in many
persons,
considerable
irritation
and
swelling,
with some pain. The
larvae
and
pupae,
called
wigglers,
are
aquatic..
Pseudopupas
::
Pseudopupas
(pl. ) of
Pseudopup.
Wiggler
::
Wiggler
(n.) The
young,
either
larva or pupa, of the
mosquito;
--
called
also
wiggletail..
Pupate
::
Pupate
(v. i.) To
become
a pupa.
Stage
::
Stage (n.) One of
several
marked
phases
or
periods
in the
development
and
growth
of many
animals
and
plants;
as, the
larval
stage;
pupa
stage;
zoea
stage..
Ant Egg
::
Ant egg () One of the small white
egg-shaped
pupae or
cocoons
of the ant, often seen in or about
ant-hills,
and
popularly
supposed
to be
eggs..
Ecdysis
::
Ecdysis
(n.) The act of
shedding,
or
casting
off, an outer
cuticular
layer,
as in the case of
serpents,
lobsters,
etc.; a
coming
out; as, the
ecdysis
of the pupa from its
shell;
exuviation..
Obtected
::
Obtected
(a.)
Covered
with a hard
chitinous
case, as the pupa of
certain
files..
Pupas
::
Pupas (pl. ) of Pup.
Pupal
::
Pupal (a.) Of or
pertaining
to a pupa, or the
condition
of a
pupa..
Silk
::
Silk (n.) The fine, soft
thread
produced
by
various
species
of
caterpillars
in
forming
the
cocoons
within
which the worm is
inclosed
during
the pupa
state,
especially
that
produced
by the
larvae
of
Bombyx
mori..
Chrysalis
::
Chrysalis
(n.) The pupa state of
certain
insects,
esp. of
butterflies,
from which the
perfect
insect
emerges.
See Pupa, and
Aurelia
(a)..
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