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PREPUPAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prepupal mean?
• PREPUPAL (adjective)
The adjective PREPUPAL has 1 sense:
1. of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages
Familiarity information: PREPUPAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages
Context example:
the prepupal stage
Similar:
immature (not yet mature)
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