prepupal

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Describing the inactive stage in the development of some insects between the larval and the pupal stages

Similar words

immature diapause pupal pupigerous pharate necromorphous opsiblastic teneral pregastrula adecticous

Often followed by

stage period and larvae diapause stages peak larva development state

Word family

pre-pupa pre-pupae pre-pupal pre-pupas prepupa prepupae prepupas