pupa C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈpjuːpə/ UK /ˈpjuːpə/ See IPA manual Freq #54328 Meanings 1 noun an insect in the inactive stage between larva and adult Inside the pupa, the caterpillar changes into a moth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an insect in the inactive... chrysalispupe ↔ Opposites larvaadult Word family Forms pupal Derived forms pupaepupalpupate Related forms larvametamorphosisinsect Etymology Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from Latin pupa, "girl, doll, puppet." The scientific term likens the enclosed inactive insect stage to a wrapped little figure. Topics Animals External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # pupa **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpjuːpə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpjuːpə/ **Frequency rank:** 54328 ## Meanings 1. an insect in the inactive stage between larva and adult ## Examples - Inside the pupa, the caterpillar changes into a moth. ## Synonyms - chrysalis - pupe ## Antonyms - larva - adult ## Derived Forms - pupae - pupal - pupate ## Related Forms - larva - metamorphosis - insect ## Etymology Borrowed from New Latin pupa, from Latin pupa, "girl, doll, puppet." The scientific term likens the enclosed inactive insect stage to a wrapped little figure. ## Topics - Animals markdown