PREPUPAL

prepupal

(adjective) of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages; “the prepupal stage”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

prepupal (not comparable)

(biology) Describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the pupal stages

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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