Usually means: Stage between larva and pupa.
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▸ adjective:  (biology) Describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the pupal stages

Similar:
immature, pupal, pupigerous, pharate, necromorphous, opsiblastic, teneral, pregastrula, adecticous, epimorphic, more...

Opposite:
postpupal, adult, mature

Types:
chrysalis, cocoon, more...

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Similar:
immature, pupal, pupigerous, pharate, necromorphous, opsiblastic, teneral, pregastrula, adecticous, epimorphic, more...

Opposite:
postpupal, adult, mature

Types:
chrysalis, cocoon, more...



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