† pupigenousadj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pupa n., -igenous comb. form.
Etymology: < pupa n. + -igenous comb. form. Compare earlier pupiparous adj. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (piu pi·dʒĭnəs) /pjuːˈpɪdʒɪnəs/.
Entomology.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [adjective] > of or relating to Pupipara
1890 in Pupigenous, same as pupiparous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).