Larva

Quick meaning: Larva is a noun meaning An animal in the aforementioned stage.

Meaning

An animal in the aforementioned stage.

More Meanings

1. A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
2. An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
3. (figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.

Example Sentences

What does a mountain newt larva eat?

The habits of the second nymphal stage are likewise similar to those of the larva stage.

Breeding females of both the Lophogastrida and Mysida carry their embryos and larvae in a marsupium, within which their entire embryonic and larval development takes place.

In water of 5-6° C, herring hatch in about 22 days, at 11-12° C in 8–10 days. The newly hatched larva is about 6–8 mm long and at first depends on the food reserves of the yolk-sac.

Word Forms

• larvae
• larvas

Related Words

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