pupa : Idioms & Phrases
Coarctate , ∨ Obtected , pupa
- a pupa which is incased in the dried-up skin of the larva, as in many Diptera.
Webster 1913
Coarctate pupa
(Zoöl.) , a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.
Webster 1913
Masked pupa
- a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera.
Webster 1913
semi pupa
Sem`i pu"pa noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.
