Juvenile form of distinct animals before metamorphosis.
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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The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.
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One is attacked soon afterwards; and the larva clings to it assiduously.
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Other cells contain the larva in a more or less advanced stage.
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Other cells contain the larva in a stage more or less advanced.
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The peach and apricot borer is the larva of a clear-wing moth.
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She has put in plenty of food, even for the hungriest larva.
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Yes; but wait till I tell you another name for this larva.
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The larva remains surrounded by the froth until its transformations are complete.
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What the larva of antiquity ate was live flesh and not putrescence.
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Behind this compound door, the larva makes its arrangements for the metamorphosis.
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If, during this time, the larva encounters a female, it becomes male.
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The larva, at first plump and active, suddenly becomes flaccid and inert.
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Lastly I install a moderately-developed larva on each of my albuminous cakes.
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The fungus grows and grows and grows, tearing up the larva's insides.
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Other Amblyopone ants squeeze a larva's neck to extract drops of saliva.
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When the egg hatches into a larva, it devours the spider alive.
