larva 1
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
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
EnglishDerivationally related form
Hyponym
free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord
bladder worm 1
noun
encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm
cercaria 1
noun
tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage
wireworm 1
noun
wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
mealworm 1
noun
the larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae
