As a proper noun pupa
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As a noun puka is
a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
pupa
Translingual
Noun
(head)
; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.
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* Pupa
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puka
English
(puka shell)
Noun
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en noun)
a small usually perforated wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
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