larva
IPA: ɫˈɑrvʌ
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 resemble fish.
- An animal in the aforementioned stage.
- A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
- (figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
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Examples of "larva" in Sentences
- The caterpillar larvae eat detritus.
- Some insect larvae feed on the detritus.
- Healthiness of larvae leads to a healthy cocoon crop.
- When the larva hatches it consumes the hapless insect.
- The parasitoid larva hatches and kills the pest larva.
- The parasitic wasp larva eat the caterpillar from the inside.
- The larva feeds on detritus before pupating in a tough cocoon.
- Silk is obtained from cocoons made by the larvae of the mulberry silkworm.
- The eggs then hatch into larvae which consume the insides of the caterpillars.
- The species is parasitic, and the larvae developing inside the larvae of moths.
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