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Lava vs Pupa - What's the difference?

lava | pupa |

Pupa is likely misspelled.


Pupa has no English definition.

As a noun lava

is the melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.

As a proper noun Lava

is one of the twin children of the Lord Rāma and his wife Sita in the Ramayana.

lava

English

(wikipedia lava)

Noun

  • The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  • (informal, proscribed) Magma.

    • Usage notes

    Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

    Derived terms

    * lava lamp * lava millstone * lava ware

    See also

    * aa * pahoehoe

    Anagrams

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    pupa

    Translingual

    Noun

    (head)
  • ; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.

    • Derived terms

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * hirtipupa * pictipupa

    Related terms

    * Pupa ----