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Meanings of larva stage in English

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

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        Examples for "larva"
        Examples for "larva"
        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 ...
        Usage of larva stage in English
        1
        If this is correct, a short-lived larva stage must, instead of causing small cocoons, produce just the contrary effect.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882
        2
        John McLoughlin of Coillte says the only damage they might do here would be at the larva stage in a nursery of young trees.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Although most of the transcripts were not infective larva -specific, the expression of respiration related proteins was most actively transcribed in the infective larva stage.
        Pubmed