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pupate
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pupate \Pu"pate\, v. i. (Zo["o]l.) To become a pupa.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1864, from pupa + -ate (2). Related: Pupated ; pupating .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the year warms into summer, they pupate and turn into small greyish-black moths. ▪ Eventually, the larvae begin to pupate and no longer exude their chemical messages. ▪ Finally, in midsummer, the caterpillars pupate , creating ...
Usage examples of pupate.
When the larvae are ready to pupate, the platens are placed in lightweight plastic boxes, three platens, or six thousand bees, to a box, in a colour-coded storage area.
Wrapping cardboard or hessian around the trunk in December will attract pupating larvae.
When the grubs hatch, they bore nasty little holes in the tree, eventually pupating just under the bark.
The grubs pupated through several stages, feeding on the carion, until of a size to survive in the outside world as small gunnadu.