Definition of larva Larva
/lɑˈɹvʌ/ - [larvu] - lar•va
We found 11 definitions of larva from 7 different sources.
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What does larva mean?
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NounPlural: larvae |
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| 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 | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement | ||
| ascidian tadpole free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord | ||
| bladder worm encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm | ||
| cercaria tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage | ||
| wireworm wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants | ||
| mealworm the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae | ||
| wriggler, wiggler larva of a mosquito | ||
| jointworm, strawworm larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains | ||
| ant lion, antlion, doodlebug winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants | ||
| aphid lion, aphis lion carnivorous larva of lacewing flies | ||
| hellgrammiate, dobson large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait | ||
| caseworm insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body | ||
| caterpillar a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | ||
| nymph a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) | ||
| leptocephalus slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes | ||
| bot botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human | ||
| grub a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects | ||
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Wiktionary 
- larva (Noun)
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 ressemble fish. - larva (Noun)
An animal in the aforementioned stage. - larva (Noun)
A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- larva (n.)
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. - larva (n.)
The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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larva
A stage of growth for some insects, in which they are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub after hatching from their egg. -
larva
An animal at the larva stage.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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larva
lär′va, n. an insect in its first stage after issuing from the egg—i.e. in the caterpillar state: a ghost, spectre:—pl. Larvæ (lär′vē).—adjs. Lar′val; Lar′vate, -d, clothed as with a mask; Lar′viform; Larvip′arous, producing young in a larva-form. [L. larva, a spectre, a mask.]
Wikipedia 
- A larva is a baby of certain kinds of animals. Amphibian and insect babies are called larvae. A larva does not look like the adult animal, and changes shape (known as metamorphosis in some cases) when it grows up. Larvae is the word for more than one larva. Maggots and caterpillars are both larvae.
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