Definition of "pupae" [pupae]

• Plural form of pupa. (noun)

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• "The maggots hatch, enjoy several meals at the nearest dead-animal buffet, develop cocoons known as pupae and turn into flies."
• "Above the pupae is a perpendicular column of fine, dry sand, the height of which varies in different tubes."
• "The 'heaters' are responsible for maintaining the temperature in the hive where young bees, known as pupae, are sealed into wax cells while they grow into adult bees."