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单词 larva
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
lar•va /ˈlɑrvə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -vae /-vi/.USA pronunciation  
  1. Insectsthe immature, wingless stage of an insect in which it resembles a short worm.
  2. Zoologythe young of an animal without a backbone.
lar•val, adj.: the larval stage.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
lar•va  (lär′və),USA pronunciation n., pl. -vae (-vē).USA pronunciation 
  1. Insects[Entomol.]the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis. See illus. under metamorphosis. 
  2. Zoologyany animal in an analogous immature form.
  3. Zoologythe young of any invertebrate animal.
  4. Mythology larvae, [Rom. Antiq.]malignant ghosts, as lemures.
  • Neo-Latin; special use of Latin larva a ghost, specter, mask, skeleton; akin to Lares
  • 1645–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
larva /ˈlɑːvə/ n ( pl -vae / -viː/)
  1. an immature free-living form of many animals that develops into a different adult form by metamorphosis
Etymology: 18th Century: (C17 in the original Latin sense: ghost): New Latin

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