prepupal

1. 1.

   of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages

   “the prepupal stage”

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Questions about prepupal

What does prepupal mean?

prepupal means "of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages".

How many syllables are in prepupal?

prepupal has 3 syllables and divides as pre-pu-pal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is prepupal a common word?

prepupal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.