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Juvenile form of distinct animals before metamorphosis.

        larves

        A stage of growth for some insects, in which they are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub after hatching from their egg.

              Ús de larva en anglès
              1
              The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.
              Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
              2
              One is attacked soon afterwards; and the larva clings to it assiduously.
              More Hunting Wasps
              3
              Other cells contain the larva in a more or less advanced stage.
              More Hunting Wasps
              4
              Other cells contain the larva in a stage more or less advanced.
              Social Life in the Insect World
              5
              The peach and apricot borer is the larva of a clear-wing moth.
              Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
              6
              She has put in plenty of food, even for the hungriest larva.
              Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, an...
              7
              Yes; but wait till I tell you another name for this larva.
              The Insect Folk
              8
              The larva remains surrounded by the froth until its transformations are complete.
              The Insect Folk
              9
              What the larva of antiquity ate was live flesh and not putrescence.
              More Hunting Wasps
              10
              Behind this compound door, the larva makes its arrangements for the metamorphosis.
              The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
              11
              If, during this time, the larva encounters a female, it becomes male.
              Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
              12
              The larva, at first plump and active, suddenly becomes flaccid and inert.
              More Hunting Wasps
              13
              Lastly I install a moderately-developed larva on each of my albuminous cakes.
              More Hunting Wasps
              14
              The fungus grows and grows and grows, tearing up the larva's insides.
              Wired
              15
              Other Amblyopone ants squeeze a larva's neck to extract drops of saliva.
              BBC
              16
              When the egg hatches into a larva, it devours the spider alive.
              Wired