PUPA

noun (plural ~e or ~s) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin ~ doll Date: 1815 an intermediate usually quiescent stage of a metamorphic insect (as a bee, moth, or beetle) that occurs between the larva and the imago, is usually enclosed in a cocoon or protective covering, and undergoes internal changes by which larval structures are replaced by those typical of the imago, ~l adjective