Pu*pip"a*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pupiparous.] Zool.
A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.
© Webster 1913.
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