Meanings
nounpuparium (plural puparia)
plural puparia
- biologyAn enclosing case of a pupa that is formed from the exoskeleton of an insect's final stage before pupation.
Origin
A New Latin coinage from pūpa (“pupa”, originally “little girl; doll”) + -ārium (“place”), equivalent to English pupa + -arium.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with puparium
herbariumfusariumimaginariumvivariumsamariumcolumbariumseaquariumoceanariumarmamentariumacarinariumallylsamariumantiquariumaquaterrariumargentarium-ariumascidiariumaviculariumbalsamariumbullariumbunariumcaldariumcalendariumcalidariumcalvarium
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
puparium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puparium
MLA
“puparium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puparium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puparium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puparium.
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