Definition of Puparia

1. puparium [n] - See also: puparium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puparia

puntos
punts
puntsman
puntsmen
punty
punx
puny
punyism
pup
pup tent
pupa
pupadom
pupae
pupal
pupaphobia
puparia (current term)
puparial
puparium
pupas
pupate
pupated
pupates
pupating
pupation
pupations
pupelo
pupet regime
pupfish
pupfishes
pupigerous

Literary usage of Puparia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1917)
"Hens were fed on currant fruit fly puparia to determine whether any pupae ... A caged hen with an empty crop was offered 200 puparia and in 15 minutes she ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1891)
"The lake itself is full of floating puparia, which are gradually washed ashore, and if the breeze freshen and the waves get higher, the mass of puparia is ..."

3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"Many of the puparia were exposed on the surface, having been washed out by rains, but were in good condition. In the dung examined two puparia of the horn ..."

4. An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand ...by William Miles Maskell by William Miles Maskell (1887)
"Fiorinia astelia. a, insects on leaves of Coprosma; b, male and female puparia; c, adult female ; d, pellicles of second stage. 7. ..."

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