Definitions for pupas

pupas pu·pa

Spelling: [pyoo-puh]
IPA: /ˈpyu pə/

Pupas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in pupas (appsu).

Definitions for pupas

noun

  1. an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.

Origin of pupas

1765-70; New Latin, special use of Latin pūpa girl, doll, puppet. See pupil1, puppet

Examples for pupas

Gasterotheca: that part of the pupa case that covers the abdomen.

The animal in this state is known as the pupa (Figs. 145 and 146).

This mask (Fig. 127) is peculiar to the young, or larva and pupa of the Dragon fly.

When the insect is about to assume the pupa state, it moults its skin.

Pre-pupal: that stage in the larva just preceding the change to pupa.

pupate, pupation: to become a pupa: the act of becoming a pupa.

Stomatotheca: that part of the pupa covering the mouth structures.

Pselaphotheca: that part of the pupa which covers the palpi.

Podotheca: that part of pupa that covers the legs of future adult.

The pupa, or chrysalis, we have found in the cells the last of July.

Word Value for pupas
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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