| larva | the second stage of a butterfly's life cycle Also called a caterpillar | en |
| larva | The immature instars, between the egg and pupal stages, in an insect having a complete metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa, adult) Larvae feed and grow but cannot fly, nor can they reproduce | en |
| larva | The immature stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis | en |
| larva | Stage in the live cycle of most insects Sometimes also known as "caterpillar", "maggot", "grub" or "worm"; Plural: larvae | en |
| larva | Singular, the pre-adult form in which some animals with multiple life stages hatch from the egg | en |
| larva | Young insect which is not yet an adult | en |
| larva | – The young, immature form of any animal that changes structurally when it becomes an adult | en |
| larva | 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 | en |
| larva | In other groups of insects the larvæ are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc | en |
| larva | A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage | en |
| larva | An animal in the aforementioned stage | en |
| larva | A stage of growth for some insects, in which they are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub after hatching from their egg | en |
| larva | Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis | en |
| larva | During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time | en |
| larva | a worm-like newly born creature which will change with growth until it looks like its parents | en |
| larva | The larvæ of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage | en |
| larva | early wingless stage of an insect (Entomology) isim | en |
| larva | The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape | en |
| larva | the young and immature form of an animal, which must change to become an adult | en |
| larva | Immature form of insects from the time of leaving the egg until the transformation into the next phase of development | en |
| larva | A mobile wingless grub that is the second stage in the life cycle of an insect | en |
| larva | The immature stage of insects that go through complete metamorphosis | en |
| larva | The stage between egg and larva in the lifecycle of insects that undergo complete metamorphoses, such as caddis and midges | en |
| larva | Newly hatched young of any animal in which the young are very different in appearance from the adults Plural: larvae | en |
| larva | A larva is an insect at the stage of its life after it has developed from an egg and before it changes into its adult form. The eggs quickly hatch into larvae. larvae a young insect with a soft tube-shaped body, which will later become an insect with wings = grub. Active, feeding stage in the development of many animals, occurring after birth or hatching and before the adult form is reached. Larvae are structurally different from adults and often are adapted to a different environment. Some species have free-living larvae but sessile (affixed) adults, the moving larvae thus helping to spread the species; others have aquatic larvae but terrestrial adults. Most larvae are tiny; many are dispersed by entering a host's body, where the adult form of the parasite emerges. Many invertebrates (e.g., cnidarians) have simple larvae. Flukes have several larval stages, and annelids, mollusks, and crustaceans have various larval forms. Insect larvae are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, or worms; the larval stage of many insects may last much longer than the adult stage (e.g., some cicadas live 17 years as larvae and a week as adults). Echinoderms also have larval forms. The larvae of frogs and toads are called tadpoles. See also metamorphosis, pupa | en |
| larva | a sexually immature juvenile stage of an animal’s life cycle However, there are a few exceptions, where the larval form never metamorphoses into the adult stage and is sexually mature (neoteny) | en |
| larva | (plural: larvae [lar-vee]): the immature stage of insects with complete metamorphosis, it has a completely different form than the adult (examples: maggot/fly, caterpillar/butterfly) | en |
| larva | An early stage of an individual insect's development It will later metamorphose from this stage of life into a more advanced stage A caterpillar is the larva of a moth or butterfly A grub is the larva of a beetle See also pupa | en |
| larva | A stage in the life cycle of an INSECT following emergence from the egg in those species where the young insect is markedly different from the adult A good example is a CATERPILLAR | en |
| larva | Syn: Grub, worm A young insect which quits the egg in an early stage of morphological development and differs fundamentally in form from the adult; in a strict zoological sense, the immature form of animals which undergo metamorphosis | en |
| larva | The second stage of a Butterflies life | en |
| larva | early stage in the life cycle of a parasite, usually wingless and worm-like and usually incapable of reproduction | en |
| larva | An independent embryo stage some animals go through before assuming the characteristics of the adult of the species | en |
| larva | the immature, wingless form of many insects from the time it leaves the egg until it becomes a pupa | en |
| larva | (Plu larvae) The young of insects, eg grub, caterpillar, maggot that metamorphose into adult forms eg beetle, moth, fly Larvae are active, self sustaining and independent life forms, and many inhabit caves Fauna Ref AC | en |
| larva | n (pl larvae) The beginning part of the life cycle of insects and other animals without backbones The larva hatches out of the egg, has a soft, wormlike body and cannot reproduce | en |
| A larva | larve | en |
| larvae | larv-ee Plural of 'larva' | en |
| larvae | an animal's young that then transforms; the young of any invertebrate | en |
| larvae | Plural, the pre-adult forms in which some animals with multiple life stages hatch from the eggs | en |
| larvae | the immature stage of some organisms; differs in form and appearance from adults | en |
| larvae | baby insects | en |
| larvae | A stage in the growth of an insect | en |
| larvae | Plural of larva | en |
| larvae | Fry or insect offspring that are not yet fully developed | en |
| larvae | – The plural form of larva | en |
| larvae | [n, pl ] the immature, wingless, and often worm-like stage of many insects after hatching from the egg and before transformation into a pupa or chrysalis | en |
| larvae | Immature wingless forms of insects such as mosquitoes | en |
| larvae | The immature form of an insect that transforms through complete metamorphosis | en |
| larvae | The young form of an insect that has hatched from the egg (egg, larvae, pupae, adult) | en |
| larvae | Immature stage for some insects (frequently looks worm-like) | en |
| larvae | Early form of an animal that is unlike its adult form and must metamorphose before assuming adult characteristics | en |
| larvae | Larvae refers to the juvenile stage of most invertebrates, amphibians, and fish, which all hatch from eggs It is unlike the adult in form and is usually incapable of sexual reproduction It develops into the adult by undergoing metamorphosis Examples are the tadpoles of frogs or caterpillars of butterflies | en |
| larvae | The newly hatched, earliest stage of fish | en |
| larvae | The immature form of many animals, which hatches from the egg and often differs in appearance from the adult form | en |
| larvae | The first stage of development after hatching for many fish and invertebrates | en |
| larvae | Immature wingless insect that is in worm form | en |