† pupeObs.rare. [a. F. pupe pupa.] = pupa 1. 1842Brande Dict.Sci., etc., Pupe, the name of the oviform nymphs of Lepidopterous insects.Ibid., Pupa, a genus of land snails, so called from the resemblance of the shell to the pupe, or chrysalis of an insect. [Hence in Dicts.]