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Cocoon Stage Insect

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noun

• an insect in the inactive stage of development (when it is not feeding) intermediate between larva and adult

35%6 The stage when an insect is inside a cocoon
verb

• develop into a pupa

33%8 Characteristic of the cocoon or chrysalis stage in insect development
adjective

• Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.

• Of or relating to the insect imago.

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