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puparium

UK/pjuːˈpɛəɹi.əm/US/pjuˈpɛɹi.əm/

puparium noun: an enclosing case of a pupa that is formed from the exoskeleton of an insect's final stage before pupation.

Noun

puparium (plural puparia)

  1. An enclosing case of a pupa that is formed from the exoskeleton of an insect's final stage before pupation.

puparium meaning in Tamil

puparium in Tamil

கூட்டுப்புழுவுறை

Forms of puparium

pluralpuparia

Origin of puparium

A New Latin coinage from pūpa (“pupa”, originally “little girl; doll”) + -ārium (“place”), equivalent to English pupa + -arium.

Words formed from puparium

Words that rhyme with puparium

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Questions about puparium

What does puparium mean?
Puparium means an enclosing case of a pupa that is formed from the exoskeleton of an insect's final stage before pupation.
What is puparium in Tamil?
Puparium in Tamil is கூட்டுப்புழுவுறை. See Puparium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is puparium?
Puparium is a noun.
How do you pronounce puparium?
Puparium is pronounced /pjuːˈpɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
What is the plural of puparium?
The plural of puparium is puparia.

Words near puparium in the dictionary

  1. puparial
  2. pupariate
  3. pupariated
  4. pupariates
  5. pupariation
  6. puparium
  7. pupas
  8. pupate
  9. pupated
  10. pupates
  11. pupating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: puparium (page history and authors); puparium (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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