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pupal, a.|ˈpjuːpəl|
[f. pupa + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pupa; nymphal.
1866Darwin Orig. Spec. xiii. (ed. 4) 530 The caterpillar or maggot, and cocoon or pupal stages. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 449 A quiescent pupal condition is interposed between the active larval and the active imaginal states. 1907Athenæum 22 June 764/2 For seventeen years the pupæ of this species [of locust] remain underneath the ground... This long subterranean vigil is not necessarily one of usual pupal inaction. |