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1. (n.) larva
the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
2. larva
any animal in an analogous immature form.
3. larva
the young of any invertebrate animal.
Etymology: (1645–55; < NL; L larva ghost, mask (akin to Lar ); cf. imago)
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| Definition of 'larva' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) larva
the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) larva
any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc
2. (noun) larva
the early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. larva
Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.
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Sense: a developing insect in its first stage after coming out of the egg; a grub or caterpillar.
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 Afrikaans: larwe |
 Arabic: يَرَقانَه |
 Bulgarian: ларва |
 Brazilian: larva |
 Czech: larva |
 German: die Larve |
 Danish: larve |
 Greek: προνύμφη, κάμπια |
 Spanish: larva |
 Estonian: vastne |
 Farsi: کرم حشره |
 Finnish: toukka |
 French: larve |
 Hebrew: זַחַל |
 Hindi: डिम्भक |
 Croatian: ličinka |
 Hungarian: lárva |
 Indonesian: ulat |
 Icelandic: lirfa |
 Italian: larva |
 Japanese: 幼虫 |
 Korean: 유충, 애벌레 |
 Lithuanian: lerva |
 Latvian: kūniņa |
 Malay: larva |
 Dutch: larve |
 Norwegian: larve |
 Polish: poczwarka |
 Persian: كرم يا حشره شكل ابتدايه |
 Pashto: او غماشولومړنى شكلحشرات د |
 Portuguese: larva |
 Romanian: larvă |
 Russian: личинка |
 Slovak: larva |
 Slovenian: ličinka |
 Serbian: larva |
 Swedish: larv |
 Thai: ตัวอ่อนของสัตว์ |
 Turkish: kurtçuk, lârva |
 Taiwanese: 幼蟲 |
 Ukrainian: личинка |
 Urdu: کسی حشرے کی نشو نما کا دو |
 Vietnamese: ấu trùng |
 Chinese: 幼虫 |
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