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“Pupal” or “Pupil”

pupal / pupil are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

pupal

  • adjectiveof the insects in the chrysalis (cocoon) or post larval stage.

pupil p·y·UW·p·ah·l

  • nounthe contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot.
Usage

Examples in context

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“pupal”

  • The pupal period lasts 8–13 days.
  • …sexual organs, with no intervening pupal stage as in holometabolous insects.
  • …and protect them through the pupal stage in exchange for feeding…
  • …an insect emerges from its pupal stage).
  • …more species all have a pupal stage (i.e.

“pupil”

  • Her most prominent pupil while in Kiev was local…
  • Sebastiaen Vrancx and his pupil Peter Snayers specialized in this…
  • Scorodomoff was a pupil of Francesco Bartolozzi.
  • …of Saint Geminianus, by a pupil of Wiligelmus'.
  • …Swaine may have been a pupil of Charles Brooking can be…
  • …proved to be an outstanding pupil and graduated from the Matura…
  • Another pupil was Thomas Leeming Grundy.
  • He was a pupil of Bishop Gozbald, who died…
  • …William Duffield as a non-paying pupil, and William Thomas Roden was…
  • …in 1962 and which his pupil Bruno von Freytag-Löringhoff developed further…

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