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prepupal

prepupal adjective: describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the pupal stages.

Adjective

prepupal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the pupal stages

Origin of prepupal

From pre- + pupal.

Questions about prepupal

What does prepupal mean?
Prepupal means describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the pupal stages.
What part of speech is prepupal?
Prepupal is an adjective.

Words near prepupal in the dictionary

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

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