larva en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈlɑɹ.və/ (General-American)
- /ˈlɑː.və/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin larva (“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”).
Meanings
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An early stage of growth for insects and some amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
The habits of the second nymphal stage are likewise similar to those of the larva stage.
1923, Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 6:Several possible explanations are advanced for a large decrease in numbers between the egg and larva stage, namely, drift of larvae from the sampling station, escape through the meshes of the net, sinking below the surface layers, and loss from mortality. A seasonally erratic egg to larva ratio is pointed out.
1954, Contribution - Hawaii Marine Laboratory, page 186:
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An animal in the aforementioned stage.
What does a mountain newt larva eat?
2020, Anne Sagner, Ichthy, diary of a newt larva, page 4:The young larva bores into the tissue of a tobacco leaf, usually near the place where it has emerged from the egg, in cases where the egg was laid on a leaf, and mines into the leaf.
1920, Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, page 84:
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A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
In water of 5-6° C, herring hatch in about 22 days, at 11-12° C in 8–10 days. The newly hatched larva is about 6–8 mm long and at first depends on the food reserves of the yolk-sac.
1968, R. V. Tait, F. A. Dipper, Elements of Marine Ecology, page 344:Breeding females of both the Lophogastrida and Mysida carry their embryos and larvae in a marsupium, within which their entire embryonic and larval development takes place.
2014, Joel W. Martin, Jørgen Olesen, Jens T. Høeg, Atlas of Crustacean Larvae, page 199:
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(figuratively) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
The larva stage possesses a libido of nutrition, if I may so express it, but not yet the libido sexualis.
1915, Nervous and Mental Disease Monographs - Volumes 19-22 -, page 34:We also have been in the larva stage of life. And many people will never abandon this stage. A larva is an adult of eighteen years or more. An adult that never grew up and just wakes up, work, pay bills, sleep, breathe, and so on.
2021, Reynaldo J Garcia, Go to the Next Level:I would call the arrival and settlement of our forefathers in this country which we now call Ghana as the egg stage; the time between the birth of the Fante Confederacy and the time of the first Legislative Council as the larva stage; the time the Positive Action was declared as the pupa stage; and the 3rd of August, 1956, when the historic motion for independence was moved, as the full-grown stage.
1956, Gold Coast. Legislative Assembly, Debates - Part 1, page 205:The larva stage of the child's mind demands much forage material.
1910 November, “Teaching Pupils to Study”, in The Louisiana School Review, volume 18, number 3, page 132:A vision in the larva stage uses our knowledge base to grow. We cannot see this process, but it goes on in the back of our mind, usually without our knowing it.
2021, Oleg Konovalov, The Vision Code: How to Create and Execute a Compelling Vision for Your Business, page 31:In the fourteenth we find, but still in Latin, a quasi-historical drama, in the larva stage of monologue recitation, founded on a subject from the national annals—that of Ezzelino, tyrant-duke of Padua.
1883, The Edinburgh Review - Volume 158, page 64:After they have fairly emerged from what may be termed the larva stage, so that they can make their way about, we see them experimenting with their bodies and exploring their surroundings. Babies handle; they taste, they feel with hands and mouths, they look, and they listen; they creep and walk and climb; later they stride, trot, jump, utilizing everything they can find in their play purpose of activity.
1930, American Childhood - Volume 16, page 10:Man's larva stage is first announced by strong pathetic squalls; — Conscious knowledge of his helplessness, — dependency, appalls, — Evokes maternal sympathy,— for him she will provide,— Most proud mother, happy parent, as he nestles by her side.
1909, Frederick Joseph Duggan, Infinity ; Or, Nature's God, page 58:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| larvæ | Number=Plur | archaic | lexicographic |
| larvae | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| larvas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
larval · paralarva · mosquito larva · larvicide · larvaesque · larvacide · larvalike · larvaless · postlarva · prolarva · larviform · larviparous · larvagenesis · larvivorous
Hyponyms
caterpillar · glowworm · screwworm · bollworm · woodworm · maggot
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (146)
is lirfa (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · hy թրթուր (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · km ដង្កូវ (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ur لاروا (a stage of growth) · sh lìčīnka (a stage of growth) · sv larvstadie (a stage of growth) · et vastne (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · sh ла̑рва (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · gl larva (a stage of growth) · cy larfa (a stage of growth) · ru личи́нка (a stage of growth) · tr kurtçuk (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · sh lìčīnka (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · pl larwa (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · pt larva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · sq larvë (a stage of growth) · vo larvat (a stage of growth) · nl larve (a stage of growth) · ja 幼虫 (a stage of growth) · ml ലാർവ (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ro larvă (a stage of growth) · cmn 幼蟲 /幼虫 (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · tg личинка (a stage of growth) · sk larva (a stage of growth) · sw bombwe (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · fa شفیره (a stage of growth) · ru личи́нка (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · et röövik (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · he פַּגִּית (a stage of growth) · bg личи́нка (a stage of growth) · be лічы́нка (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ko 유충 (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · pa ਡਿੰਭ (a stage of growth) · ml ലാർവ (a stage of growth) · sh lȃrva (a stage of growth) · ca larva (a stage of growth) · es larva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · sh lȃrva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · tr larva (a stage of growth) · ja 幼生 (recently born or hatched) · hy թրթուր (a stage of growth) · la larva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ru личи́нка (recently born or hatched) · th ตัวอ่อน (a stage of growth) · nn larve (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · sl ličinka (a stage of growth) · sv larv (a stage of growth) · bn লার্ভা (a stage of growth) · et maim (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · fr larve (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · vo hilarvat (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · lv kāpurs (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · he זחל (a stage of growth) · nl larve (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · nb larve (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · da larve (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · mba olod (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · tg кирм (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ja 幼虫 (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · vi ấu trùng (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ro larvă (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · be лічы́нка (a stage of growth) · mk ларва (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · et konu (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · he פגית (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · et kulles (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · km ឌិម្ភា (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · tk liçinka (a stage of growth) · et vastne (a stage of growth) · tg кирмак (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · crh qurtçıq (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · sk larva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · tt корт (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · uk личи́нка (a stage of growth) · vi ấu trùng (a stage of growth) · bg ла́рва (a stage of growth) · sh лѝчӣнка (a stage of growth) · da larve (a stage of growth) · cmn 幼蟲 /幼虫 (a stage of growth) · hi डिंभ (a stage of growth) · mi torongū (a stage of growth) · sw lava (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · sv larvstadium (a stage of growth) · mk ларва (a stage of growth) · ms larva (a stage of growth) · he לרווה (a stage of growth) · lo ຫນອນ (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · pa ਲਾਰਵਾ (a stage of growth) · et tõuk (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · az sürfə (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · lo ດ້ວງ (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · fa لارو (a stage of growth) · ky личинка (a stage of growth) · vo larvat (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · cs larva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · kk балаңқұрт (a stage of growth) · lv kāpurs (a stage of growth) · fi toukka (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · mn авгалдай (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · pl larwa (a stage of growth) · pt larva (a stage of growth) · ko 유충 (a stage of growth) · sh ла̑рва (a stage of growth) · de Larve (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · fi toukkavaihe (a stage of growth) · id jentik (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · my ပိုးလောင်း (a stage of growth) · et vastsejärk (a stage of growth) · kk дернәсіл (a stage of growth) · fi toukka-aste (a stage of growth) · el προνύμφη (a stage of growth) · nl larvestadium (a stage of growth) · de Larve (a stage of growth) · izh toukka (a stage of growth) · hu lárva (a stage of growth) · gl larva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ka ლარვა (a stage of growth) · vo jilarvat (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · th หนอน (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ug لېچىنكا (a stage of growth) · bg личи́нка (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · lt lerva (a stage of growth) · sh лѝчӣнка (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · et vagel (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · mi torongū (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · es larva (a stage of growth) · sl ličinka (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ba ҡарышлауыҡ (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · fi toukka (a stage of growth) · ca larva (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · ar يَرَقَة (a stage of growth) · el προνύμφη (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · uz lichinka (a stage of growth) · fa لارو (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · uk личи́нка (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · is lirfa (a stage of growth) · cs larva (a stage of growth) · fr larve (a stage of growth) · tk gurçuk (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · et ebaröövik (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · tr kurtçuk (a stage of growth) · nb larve (a stage of growth) · alt јылдыс курт (a stage of growth) · sv larv (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole) · hi लार्वा (a stage of growth) · az larva (a stage of growth)