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pseudopupa

noun
pseu·do·pupa | \ ¦sü(ˌ)dō+ \

Definition of pseudopupa 

: resting stage that intervenes in any of various insects between two of the larval stages of hypermetamorphosis also : an individual in this stage

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Other words from pseudopupa

pseudopupal \"+ \ adjective

History and Etymology for pseudopupa

New Latin, from pseud- + pupa

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