how to pronounce pupa

/ˈpjuː.pə/

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pupa is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pupa in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… known as a pupa but not a cocoon not …”

meanings of pupa

noun:

An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.

pupa frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pupa occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pupa can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pupa can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;