Associations to the word «Prepupal»

Wiktionary

PREPUPAL, adjective. (biology) Describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the pupal stages

Dictionary definition

PREPUPAL, adjective. Of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages; "the prepupal stage".

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne