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Definition of larva
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Larva (n.) Any young
insect
from the time that it
hatches
from the egg until it
becomes
a pupa, or
chrysalis.
During
this time it
usually
molts
several
times,
and may
change
its form or color each time. The
larvae
of many
insects
are much like the
adults
in form and
habits,
but have no trace of
wings,
the
rudimentary
wings
appearing
only in the pupa
stage.
In other
groups
of
insects
the
larvae
are
totally
unlike
the
parents
in
structure
and
habits,
and are
called
caterpillars,
grubs,
maggots,
et
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Bookworm
::
Bookworm
(n.) Any larva of a
beetle
or moth, which is
injurious
to
books.
Many
species
are
known..
Pupiparous
::
Pupiparous
(a.)
Bearing,
or
containing,
a pupa; -- said of the
matured
larvae,
or
larval
skins,
of
certain
Diptera..
Semi Pupa
::
Semi pupa (n.) The young of an
insect
in a stage
between
the larva and pupa.
Xylophagan
::
Xylophagan
(n.) One of a tribe of
beetles
whose
larvae
bore or live in wood.
Sporozoa
::
Sporosac
(n.) An early or
simple
larval
stage of
trematode
worms and some other
invertebrates,
which is
capable
or
reproducing
other germs by
asexual
generation;
a
nurse;
a
redia..
Larvated
::
Larvated
(a.)
Masked;
clothed
as with a mask.
Hawk Moth
::
Hawk moth () Any moth of the
family
Sphingidae,
of which there are
numerous
genera
and
species.
They are
large,
handsome
moths,
which fly
mostly
at
twilight
and hover about
flowers
like a
humming
bird,
sucking
the honey by means of a long,
slender
proboscis.
The
larvae
are
large,
hairless
caterpillars
ornamented
with green and other
bright
colors,
and often with a
caudal
spine.
See
Sphinx,
also
Tobacco
worm, and
Tomato
worm..
Jointworm
::
"Jointworm
(n.) The larva of a
small,
hymenopterous
fly
(Eurytoma
hordei),
which is found in
gall-like
swellings
on the
stalks
of
wheat,
usually
at or just above the first
joint.
In some parts of
America
it does great
damage
to the
crop..
Spanworm
::
Spanworm
(n.) The larva of any
geometrid
moth, as the
cankeworm;
a
geometer;
a
measuring
worm..
Larviform
::
Larviform
(a.)
Having
the form or
structure
of a
larva.
Wormil
::
Wormil
(n.) Any
botfly
larva which
burrows
in or
beneath
the skin of
domestic
and wild
animals,
thus
producing
sores.
They
belong
to
various
species
of
Hypoderma
and
allied
genera.
Domestic
cattle
are often
infested
by a large
species.
See
Gadfly.
Called
also
warble,
and
worble..
Glowworm
::
Glowworm
(n.) A
coleopterous
insect
of the genus
Lampyris;
esp., the
wingless
females
and
larvae
of the two
European
species
(L.
noctiluca,
and L.
splendidula),
which emit light from some of the
abdominal
segments..
Ovipositor
::
Ovipositor
(n.) The organ with which many
insects
and some other
animals
deposit
their eggs. Some
ichneumon
files have a long
ovipositor
fitted
to
pierce
the eggs or
larvae
of other
insects,
in order to lay their own eggs
within
the
same..
Zoea
::
Zoea (n.) A
peculiar
larval
stage of
certain
decapod
Crustacea,
especially
of crabs and
certain
Anomura..
Cephalotrocha
::
Cephalotrocha
(n.) A kind of
annelid
larva with a
circle
of cilia
around
the head.
Tornaria
::
Tornaria
(n.) The
peculiar
free
swimming
larva of
Balanoglossus.
See
Illust.
in
Append.
Gall
::
Gall (n.) An
excrescence
of any form
produced
on any part of a plant by
insects
or their
larvae.
They are most
commonly
caused
by small
Hymenoptera
and
Diptera
which
puncture
the bark and lay their eggs in the
wounds.
The
larvae
live
within
the
galls.
Some galls are due to
aphids,
mites,
etc. See
Gallnut..
Brachiolaria
::
Brachiolaria
(n. pl.) A
peculiar
early
larval
stage of
certain
starfishes,
having
a
bilateral
structure,
and
swimming
by means of bands of
vibrating
cilia..
Nephridium
::
Nephridium
(n.) A
segmental
tubule;
one of the
tubules
of the
primitive
urinogenital
organs;
a
segmental
organ.
See
Illust.
under
Loeven's
larva.
Ortalidian
::
Ortalidian
(n.) Any one of
numerous
small
two-winged
flies of the
family
Ortalidae.
The
larvae
of many of these flies live in
fruit;
those of
others
produce
galls on
various
plants.
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