Pupa

Definition:

(n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
(n.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell.

Compare pupa with other words:

pupa vs. subimago

pupa vs. pupigerous

caterpillar vs. pupa

metamorphism vs. pupa

pupa vs. pupate

chrysalis vs. pupa

insect vs. pupa

cocoon vs. pupa