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Word: Prepupa
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century; earliest use found in Science. From pre- + pupa
Definition:
An insect in a late stage of its larval development, during a relatively quiescent phase in which preparations for the transformation into a pupa take place.
