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# pupa

noun (a pupa, pupae or pupas)

«pupa» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The stage in the life of some insects between the larva (like a caterpillar) and the adult (like a butterfly), when the insect rests and changes inside a case. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about life cycles, pupils learn that a butterfly goes egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa, adult. A butterfly pupa is called a chrysalis; a moth pupa is usually inside a cocoon. During this stage the body is completely rebuilt; this change is called metamorphosis. Phrases: the pupa stage, inside the pupa.

### Examples

- The caterpillar turned into a pupa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#x1)
- A butterfly pupa is called a chrysalis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#x2)
- Inside the pupa, the insect changes its whole body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#x3)
- After two weeks a butterfly came out of the pupa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#x4)
- We drew the four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#x5)
- Bees and beetles also have a pupa stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#x6)
- Do not touch the pupa, or you might hurt it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/#x7)

### Note

Plural: "pupae" (said "PEW-pee") or "pupas". It is said "PEW-pa". Do not confuse with "pupil" (a child at school). Myth: the pupa is not sleeping or dead; huge changes happen inside it. Not all insects have a pupa stage; grasshoppers grow straight from young to adult.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pupa» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pupa/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pupa» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pupa.html) on Mova free.