Puppe — meaning in English
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English meaning
- babe noun A baby or very young child.
- chrysalis noun The hard protective case a caterpillar forms around itself while it transforms into a butterfly.
- doll noun A toy made in the likeness of a human figure, often a child's plaything.
- dummy noun A model or replica of a person or object, used as a stand-in.
- effigy noun A crude model or figure made to represent a person or group, often so it can be mocked, burned, or destroyed in protest.
- mole noun A small, raised, often dark spot on the skin.
Senses
Puppe is used for these senses in English:
- babe (slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- chrysalis The pupa of a butterfly or moth, particularly bare and hanging or girdled, as opposed to enclosed in a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.
- dummy A figure of a person or animal used by a ventriloquist; a puppet.
- effigy A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
- pupa (entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
babe — full definition
- noun A baby or very young child.
- noun An informal, often affectionate term for a romantic partner or attractive person.
chrysalis — full definition
- noun The hard protective case a caterpillar forms around itself while it transforms into a butterfly.
- noun A stage of sheltered transformation or growth, used figuratively.