larva in English dictionary

  • larva

    Meanings and definitions of "larva"

    • A stage of growth for some insects, in which they are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub after hatching from their egg
    • An animal in the aforementioned stage.
    • A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
    • 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.
    • noun
      An animal in the aforementioned stage.
    • noun
      A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
    • a stage of growth
    • an animal in such stage of growth
    • recently born or hatched
    • A stage of growth for some insects, in which they are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub after hatching from their egg.
    • An animal at the larva stage.
    • noun
      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

    Synonyms of "larva" in English dictionary

    brute, animal, creature are the top synonyms of "larva" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of larva

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza larva, lm  liczba mnoga larvae
    • larva ( plural  larvae  or larvas)
    • larva (plural larvas or larvae or larvæ)
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