| 单词 | pupahood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈpupahood ˈpupahood n. the state or condition of being a pupa. ΚΠ 1850 Eclectic Rev. Mar. 309 A creature..frisking about in the oddest manner, all the days of its larva- and pupa-hood. 1893 E. A. Butler Our Househ. Insects 169 It would..be just as devoid of influence as if it had died in pupahood. 1911 J. A. Thomson Biol. Seasons i. 27 After three or four days of pupa-hood the cuticle splits along the back..and the gnat emerges. 1998 A. D. Foster Carnivores of Light & Darkness ix. 82 This is a story that is told to every member of the colony on the day when they slough off the last vestiges of pupahood and graduate to the status of worker, attendant, or soldier. < as lemmas |
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