Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pupate.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pupates.

Examples

  • It then pupates and flies away as a moth, leaving behind the arcane insect jotter-pad Eric and I now contemplated.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • It then pupates and flies away as a moth, leaving behind the arcane insect jotter-pad Eric and I now contemplated.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • The last instar larva pupates inside the shell of its last victim and after its development is completed, emerges as an adult fly to continue the cycle.

    Archive 2008-07-01 AYDIN 2008

  • The last instar larva pupates inside the shell of its last victim and after its development is completed, emerges as an adult fly to continue the cycle.

    Pherbellia albovaria AYDIN 2008

  • Even the incredibly ham-handed projection at the River East didn't spoil it, possibly because the moment we lost the picture eventually rewound so we didn't actually wind up missing anything is the moment the movie pupates from Silence of the Lambs to The Conversation.

    Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2007

  • The larva immediately pupates and falls to the ground, where it will develop into an adult fly.

    Deer Professor Karl V. 2005

  • The larva lives and pupates entirely inside its cockroach victim.

    The Wisdom of Parasites - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • This insect pupates underground, and in trials in Hawaii, spraying dilute neem solution under fruit trees resulted in

    5 Effects on Insects 1992

  • Then the larva pupates and from the pupa emerges something looking totally different, with legs and eyes.

    The Challenge of the 21st Century 1988

  • The caterpillar of Phassus malabaricus bores into the stem close to the ground and pupates in the larval burrow; it kills the tree by girdling it.

    4. Management 1984

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.