larval
IPA: ɫˈɑrvʌɫ
adjective
- Of or relating to larvae:
- Being a larva.
- Characteristic of larvae.
- Having the form or shape of a larva.
- (pathology) Undeveloped, latent.
- (by extension) Immature, childlike.
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Examples of "larval" in Sentences
- The larval stages of the insects mimic ants.
- The egg stage is followed by the larval stage.
- The larval stages of the insects mimics an ant.
- The name refers to the helix shaped larval cases.
- At this time, most of the beetles are in the larval stage.
- Asexual reproduction in the first larval stage is ubiquitous.
- Competition at the larval stage is considered the most serious.
- The hatching and the larval development take place in brackishwater.
- There are little flatworms called larval trematodes that infect frogs.
- There is very little of the larval stage that characterizes the lamprey.
- When the egg hatches, the larval wasp consumes the internal organs of the pest.
- Some patients also found so-called larval therapy more painful, according to the study in the British Medical Journal.
- Since this metamorphosis-preventing hormone keeps the insect in the larval form, it is called the larval hormone, or even the juvenile hormone.
- Now, a major focus of research in equine parasitology is on the small strongyles and a disease caused by this group of helminths called larval cyathostomosis, previously referred to as larval cyanthostomiasis.
- But because debridement is an important part of wound management, maggot therapy (also called larval therapy) is on the rise. clinical trials of maggot therapy, note Jo C. Dumville, PhD, of the University of York,
- Bleeding from the areas of inflammation can lead to anaemia and there is a very serious complication from the emergence of large numbers of encysted strongyles called larval cyathostomosis, resulting in severe irritation of the gut and a serious reduction in normal gut action, which can lead to colic and death.