pseudopupa

noun

pseu·​do·​pupa

¦sü(ˌ)dō+

: resting stage that intervenes in any of various insects between two of the larval stages of hypermetamorphosis

also : an individual in this stage

pseudopupal

"+

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pseud- + pupa

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