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Pseudopupas :: Pseudopupas (pl. ) of Pseudopup.

Upupa :: Upupa (n.) A genus of birds which includes the common hoopoe.

Nymphiparous :: Nymphiparous (a.) Producing pupas or nymphs.

Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into

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..

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..

Pseudopupae :: Pseudopupae (pl. ) of Pseudopup.

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..

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..

Aurelia :: Aurelia (n.) The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies..

Pupate :: Pupate (v. i.) To become a pupa.

Pupal :: Pupal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pupa, or the condition of a pupa..

Seminymph :: Seminymph (n.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.

Pupigerous :: Pupigerous (a.) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvae which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them.

Mummiform :: Mummiform (a.) Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoology, said of the pupae of certain insects..

Wiggler :: Wiggler (n.) The young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail..

Pupas :: Pupas (pl. ) of Pup.

Pupa :: Pupa (n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.

Nymph :: Nymph (n.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

Pupation :: Pupation (n.) the act of becoming a pupa.

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