pseudopupa

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ pupa

Noun

pseudopupa (plural pseudopupae)

1. (zoology) A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects.

Related terms

• pseudopupal

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pseudopupa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)