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How to pronounce pupate in English?

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Type Words
Type of acquire, develop, get, grow, produce
Derivation pupa


the insect larva pupate.

Examples of pupate

pupate
After about 30 days, larvae pupate, usually attached to the underside of a leaf.
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By late July or early August, iris borers move into the surrounding soil to pupate.
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As the larva moves to the edge of a leaf to pupate, the leaf curls around the pupa.
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Honeybee larvae produce silk to reinforce the wax cells in which they pupate.
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Silver-washed fritillary caterpillars are also enormous and ready to pupate.
From the guardian.co.uk
The fully grown larvae leave the water and spin a cocoon in which to pupate.
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The caterpillars continue to feed until they pupate, and are ready to be transported.
From the edition.cnn.com
Hormonal changes make them stop feeding and wander around looking for a place to pupate.
From the sciencedaily.com
Some drop to the ground to pupate, while others pupate in the injured buds or stem tissue.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • Develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate"
  • (pupa) an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult
  • (pupal) of the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage; "the pupal stage"
  • A pupa (Latin pupa for doll, pl: pupae or pupas) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. The pupal stage is found only in holometabolous insects, those that undergo a complete metamorphosis, going through four life stages; embryo, larva, pupa and imago. ...
  • (PUPA) GNU GRUB (short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader) is a boot loader package from the GNU Project. ...
  • (Pupa (mollusc)) Pupa is a genus of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae.
  • To become a pupa
  • (pupation) The act or process of pupating
  • (Pupa) This is the stage immediately following the pre-pupa stage and before the adult. It is the stage in which the butterfly is transforming its body parts into those which it will need as an adult.