Pupa To Be Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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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
	27%	8		Pupa producer
	noun • the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk • larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
	27%	11		Pupa cases
	noun • pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon

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