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Pupa
//ˈpjuːpə//
"Pupa" in a Sentence (4 examples)
The insect grew out of a pupa into an imago.
The metamorphosis of insects, which I have previously mentioned as one of their most essential attributes, consists of four distinct stages, viz., the Egg, Larva, Pupa, and Imago.
From the egg is hatched the larva, grub, or caterpillar, which is destitute of wings; this afterwards changes to a pupa, or crysalis, wholly covered with a hard shell, or strong skin, from which the perfect or winged insect, bursts forth.
The public is the pupae of the purposely purblind […]
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