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pupivorous

pupivorous adjective: feeding on the pupae (or larvae) of insects.

Adjective

pupivorous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on the pupae (or larvae) of insects.

Origin of pupivorous

From pupa + -i- + Latin vorare (“to devour”).

Questions about pupivorous

What does pupivorous mean?
Pupivorous means feeding on the pupae (or larvae) of insects.
What part of speech is pupivorous?
Pupivorous is an adjective.

Words near pupivorous in the dictionary

  1. pupinize
  2. pupinized
  3. pupinizes
  4. pupinizing
  5. pupiparous
  6. pupivorous
  7. pupkus
  8. puplet
  9. puplets
  10. puplican
  11. puplicans

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