puparium

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puparium

/pjuːˈpɛəɹi.əm/ UK
/pjuˈpɛɹi.əm/ US

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A New Latin coinage from pūpa (“pupa”, originally “little girl; doll”) + -ārium (“place”), equivalent to English pupa + -arium.

noun puparia

An enclosing case of a pupa that is formed from the exoskeleton of an insect's final stage before pupation.

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@misc{puparium_2026,
  title = {puparium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puparium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}