Usually means: Intermediate stage between larva, adult.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word pupa:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. pupa: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pupa: Merriam-Webster
  3. pupa: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pupa: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pupa: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pupa: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pupa, pupa: Wordnik
  8. pupa: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pupa: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pupa: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pupa: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. pupa: Dictionary.com
  13. pupa: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Pupa (Hasidic dynasty), Pupa (disambiguation), Pupa (manga), Pupa: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Pupa: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. pupa: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. pupa: Rhymezone
  18. Pupa: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. pupa: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. pupa: FreeDictionary.org
  21. pupa: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. pupa: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. pupa: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. pupa: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pupa: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. pupa: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. pupa: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PUPA: Acronym Finder

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pupa: HYPP Zoology
  2. pupa (plural pupae): Evolution Glossary
  3. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)
  4. pupa: Natural History Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pupa: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pupae as well.)

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noun:  (entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.

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