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pronymph

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An arthropod hatchling still inside its embryonic cuticle, often specialized for breaking the eggshell or leaving the oviposition site; a prolarva.

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noun

Meaning 2

A prepupa with externally visible pupal traits.

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Examples

  • 2004, Nikita Kluge, Larval/pupal leg transformation and a new diagnosis for the taxon Metabola Burmeister, 1832 = Oligoneoptera Martynov, 1923, Russian Entomological Journal However, unlike other Metabola, disturbed pronymph of Sialis, after some period of immovable lying, stands on its legs, runs away and bury itself into the ground.

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History

Etymology

From pro- + nymph.