Home › Words › P › prepupaprepupaprepupa means an organism in a developmental stage that immediately precedes the pupa.EtymologyFrom pre- + pupa.nounAn organism in a developmental stage that immediately precedes the pupa.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pupe 76% match — A pupa. vs prepupa →pupariation 72% match — The formation of a puparium. vs prepupa →pupahood 71% match — The state or period of being a pupa. vs prepupa →pupadom 71% match — The state of being a pupa. vs prepupa →pupiform 71% match — Resembling a pupa. vs prepupa →pupariate 71% match — To undergo pupariation vs prepupa →pupoid 69% match — Resembling a pupa. vs prepupa →pseudopupa 69% match — A stage intermediate between the larva and pupa of bees and certain other hymenopterous insects. vs prepupa →