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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)An adecticous pupa in which the appendages are free and not cemented to the body wall; pupa exarata; see pupa obtect.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
pupa exarate
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