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Answer for the clue "Some caterpillars, eventually ", 5 letters:
pupas

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Pupa \Pu"pa\, n.; pl. L. Pup[ae] , E. Pupas . [L. pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of pupus. Cf. Puppet .] (Zo["o]l.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. Note: Among insects belonging ...

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The astronauts lay in their armored cocoons like giant pupas, in such a way that acceleration and deceleration hit them always chest-first.