2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye.

Pu`pil*lom"e*ter (?), n. [L. pupilla pupil of the eye + -meter.]

(Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the

pupil of the eye.

||Pu*pip"a*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pupiparous.] (Zoˆl.) 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.

Pu*pip"a*rous (?), a. [Pupa + L. parere to bring forth.] (Zoˆl.) (a)

Bearing, or containing, a pupa; -- said of the matured larvÊ, or larval

skins, of certain Diptera. (b) Of or pertaining to the Pupipara.

||Pu*piv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Pupivorous.] (Zoˆl.) A group of

||parasitic Hymenoptera, including the ichneumon flies, which destroy

||the larvÊ and pupÊ of insects.

Pu*piv"o*rous (?), a. [Pupa + L. vorare to devour.] (Zoˆl.) Feeding on

the pupÊ of insects.

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