Pupa Predecessor Crossword Clue

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	noun • the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
	25%	9		Pupa
	noun • pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
	25%	6		Pupa's protection
	noun • silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs verb • retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment • wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection

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