larven.
/lɑːv/ 1. = larva n. 1.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun]
soulOE
huea1000
ghostOE
fantasyc1325
spiritc1350
phantomc1384
phantasmc1430
haunterc1440
shadowa1464
appearance1488
wraith1513
hag1538
spoorn1584
vizarda1591
life-in-death1593
phantasma1598
umbra1601
larve1603
spectre1605
spectrum1611
apparitiona1616
shadea1616
shapea1616
showa1616
idolum1619
larva1651
white hat?1693
zumbi1704
jumbie1764
duppy1774
waff1777
zombie1788
Wild Huntsman1796
spook1801
ghostie1810
hantua1811
preta1811
bodach1814
revenant1823
death-fetch1826
sowlth1829
haunt1843
night-bat1847
spectrality1850
thivish1852
beastie1867
ghost soul1869
barrow-wight1891
resurrect1892
waft1897
churel1901
comeback1908
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xvii. 27 Larves, Hobgoblins, Robin-good-fellowes, and such other Bug-beares.
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall (U.K. ed.) I. 205 The opinions of the ancient philosophers about larves, or nocturnal phantoms.
1863 Veronia III. 147 Elementary spirits..for which a later philosophy has furnished the designation of larves.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > for face or head
visorc1380
visernc1400
visurec1460
visiere1485
vizard1558
vision1563
bo-peeper1609
larvea1656
outsidea1656
vizard-mask1668
visor-mask1672
face mask1754
crape1785
false face1817
bird mask1853
vizarding1861
stocking mask1966
ski-mask1973
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) ii. 38 Under this larve, this whifling Suit of Tolleration there lay personated more dangerous designs.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 365 Πρόσωπον signifies..the face, that part..which was covered..with the larve or visard.
3. = larva n. 2.
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the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > young animal > larva
larva1768
larve1769
casebearer1847
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva
niteOE
wormOE
grubc1420
canker1440
caterpillarc1440
cankerworm1530
mad1573
bug1594
blote1657
vermicle1657
hexapod1668
grub-worm1752
truffle-worm1753
larva1768
larve1822
1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iii. 15 We..are uncertain whether we ever met with it [sc. a lizard] under the form of a larve.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 456 Sometimes resembling the larves of insects.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1594 The animal is probably the larve of some Penæidean.
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