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puppet – podictionary 227

July 12, 2010

First posted April 2006

In English the word "pupa" is the stage of life of an insect.  For example between being a caterpillar and being a butterfly the stage where this kind of insect morphs is called its pupal stage.

This is the idea of Carl Linneas