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prepupa

prepupa noun: an organism in a developmental stage that immediately precedes the pupa.

Noun

prepupa (plural prepupae)

  1. An organism in a developmental stage that immediately precedes the pupa.

prepupa meaning in Tamil

prepupa in Tamil

முற்கூட்டுப்புழு

Forms of prepupa

pluralprepupae

Origin of prepupa

From pre- + pupa.

Questions about prepupa

What does prepupa mean?
Prepupa means an organism in a developmental stage that immediately precedes the pupa.
What is prepupa in Tamil?
Prepupa in Tamil is முற்கூட்டுப்புழு. See Prepupa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prepupa?
Prepupa is a noun.
What is the plural of prepupa?
The plural of prepupa is prepupae.

Words near prepupa in the dictionary

  1. prepunished
  2. prepunishes
  3. prepunishing
  4. prepunishment
  5. prepunk
  6. prepupa
  7. prepupae
  8. prepupal
  9. prepuparial
  10. prepupation
  11. prepurchase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prepupa (page history and authors); prepupa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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