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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lar•val (lär′vəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Insectsof, pertaining to, or in the form of a larva.
Also, lar•vate (lär′vāt).USA pronunciation (of a disease) masked;
not clearly defined.- Latin larvālis. See larva, -al1
- 1650–60
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lar•va /ˈlɑrvə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -vae /-vi/.USA pronunciation - Insectsthe immature, wingless stage of an insect in which it resembles a short worm.
- Zoologythe young of an animal without a backbone.
lar•val, adj.: the larval stage. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lar•va (lär′və),USA pronunciation n., pl. -vae (-vē).USA pronunciation - Insects[Entomol.]the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis. See illus. under metamorphosis.
- Zoologyany animal in an analogous immature form.
- Zoologythe young of any invertebrate animal.
- 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
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