LARVA
\lˈɑːvə], \lˈɑːvə], \l_ˈɑː_v_ə]\
Definitions of LARVA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.
By Oddity Software
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The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.
By Noah Webster.
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Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An insect in the first stage of its life after leaving the egg; thus, the larva of the moth is a caterpillar.
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Larval.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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An insect in its first stage after issuing from the egg, i.e. in the caterpillar state:-pl. LARVÆ-adj. LARVAL.
By Daniel Lyons
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An embryo which becomes self-sustaining and independent before it has assumed the characteristic features of its parents.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Mask. Also the larve, grub, or vermiform condition of an insect: the first change it experiences after leaving the ovum. Larves of insects are occasionally developed in the intestinal canal from ova swallowed. See Ectozoa.
By Robley Dunglison