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pupate [′pyü‚pāt] (invertebrate zoology) To develop into a pupa. To pass through a pupal stage. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then they stalled, just when they should have been pupating. After the mother bee flies off, the beetle larvae raid the bee's baby food and assume a grublike form, finally pupating into wingless adults. For the past 2 years, American Cyanamid scientists have been field-testing an AcMNPV from which they had deleted a gene that prevents infected insects from molting and pupating. |
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