English Dictionary

pharate

形容詞

成虫 動物

(of an adult insect) Waiting to emerge from a cocoon. / (of an animal, especially an insect) In transition between stages of development.

日本語の意味

蛹の中で、羽化を待っている状態。 / 発育段階の移行期にある状態。

A pharate butterfly lay motionless in its chrysalis, its wings already patterned and ready for the moment it would break free.

羽化直前の蝶は蛹の中でじっとしており、翅にはすでに模様が現れていて、やがて殻を破って飛び立つ瞬間を待っていた。

意味（1）

(of an adult insect) Waiting to emerge from a cocoon.

Many Trichoptera swim to the surface as pharate adults, the middle legs of the pupae of these species being fringed to facilitate swimming, and the insect may continue to swim at the surface until it finds a suitable object to crawl out on.

意味（2）

(of an animal, especially an insect) In transition between stages of development.

more pharate （ comparative ）

most pharate （ superlative ）