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pupa

/ˈpjuːpə/

Rhymes with -uːpə

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Borrowed from New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa (“little girl; doll, puppet”). Doublet of pupe; compare also puppet, puppy.

noun pupae · pupas · pupæ

An insect in the development stage between larva and adult. The public is the pupae of the purposely purblind […]
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noun insect

Español	crisálida
한국어	번데기 beondegi
日本語	蛹 sanagi
中文	蛹 yǒng
हिन्दी	प्यूपा pyūpā
Português	pupa
Français	chrysalide, nymphe
Deutsch	Puppe
Italiano	pupa
Ελληνικά	χρυσαλλίδα chrysallída
Română	pupă
Русский	ку́колка kúkolka, хризали́да xrizalída
Tiếng Việt	nhộng
العربية	خَادِرَة ḵādira, شَرْنَقَة šarnaqa
עברית	גֹּלֶם, גולם gólem

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@misc{pupa_2026,
  title = {pupa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pupa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}