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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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Tornaria
::
Tornaria
(n.) The
peculiar
free
swimming
larva of
Balanoglossus.
See
Illust.
in
Append.
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..
Grugru Worm
::
Grugru
worm () The larva or grub of a large South
American
beetle
(Calandra
palmarum),
which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is eaten by the
natives,
and
esteemed
a
delicacy..
Paedogenetic
::
Paedogenetic
(a.)
Producing
young while in the
immature
or
larval
state;
-- said of
certain
insects,
etc..
Fecifork
::
Fecifork
(n.) The anal fork on which the
larvae
of
certain
insects
carry their
faeces.
Zoea
::
Zoea (n.) A
peculiar
larval
stage of
certain
decapod
Crustacea,
especially
of crabs and
certain
Anomura..
Metamere
::
Metamere
(n.) One of
successive
or
homodynamous
parts in
animals
and
plants;
one of a
series
of
similar
parts that
follow
one
another
in a
vertebrate
or
articulate
animal,
as in an
earthworm;
a
segment;
a
somite.
See
Illust.
of
Loeven's
larva..
Botfly
::
Botfly
(n.) A
dipterous
insect
of the
family
(Estridae,
of many
different
species,
some of which are
particularly
troublesome
to
domestic
animals,
as the
horse,
ox, and
sheep,
on which they
deposit
their eggs. A
common
species
is one of the
botflies
of the horse
(Gastrophilus
equi),
the
larvae
of which
(bots)
are taken into the
stomach
of the
animal,
where they live
several
months
and pass
through
their
larval
states.
In
tropical
America
one
species
sometimes
lives under the human skin, and anot
Aphis Lion
::
Aphis lion () The larva of the
lacewinged
flies
(Chrysopa),
which feeds
voraciously
upon
aphids.
The name is also
applied
to the
larvae
of the
ladybugs
(Coccinella)..
Caddis
::
Caddis
(n.) The larva of a
caddice
fly. These
larvae
generally
live in
cylindrical
cases,
open at each end, and
covered
externally
with
pieces
of
broken
shells,
gravel,
bits of wood, etc. They are a
favorite
bait with
anglers.
Called
also
caddice
worm, or
caddis
worm..
Sporocyst
::
Sporocyst
(n.) An
asexual
zooid,
usually
forming
one of a
series
of
larval
forms in the
agamic
reproduction
of
various
trematodes
and other
parasitic
worms.
The
sporocyst
generally
develops
from an egg, but in its turn
produces
other
larvae
by
internal
budding,
or by the
subdivision
of a part or all of its
contents
into a
number
of
minute
germs.
See
Redia..
Nephridium
::
Nephridium
(n.) A
segmental
tubule;
one of the
tubules
of the
primitive
urinogenital
organs;
a
segmental
organ.
See
Illust.
under
Loeven's
larva.
Gentle
::
Gentle
(n.) A
dipterous
larva used as fish bait.
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..
Pseudopupa
::
Pseudopupa
(n.) A stage
intermediate
between
the larva and pupa of bees and
certain
other
hymenopterous
insects.
Geometrid
::
Geometrid
(n.) One of
numerous
genera
and
species
of
moths,
of the
family
Geometridae;
-- so
called
because
their
larvae
(called
loopers,
measuring
worms,
spanworms,
and
inchworms)
creep in a
looping
manner,
as if
measuring.
Many of the
species
are
injurious
to
agriculture,
as the
cankerworms..
Skaddon
::
Skaddon
(n.) The larva of a bee.
Hydatid
::
Hydatid
(n.) A
membranous
sac or
bladder
filled
with a
pellucid
fluid,
found in
various
parts of the
bodies
of
animals,
but
unconnected
with the
tissues.
It is
usually
formed
by
parasitic
worms,
esp. by
larval
tapeworms,
as
Echinococcus
and
Coenurus.
See these words in the
Vocabulary..
Water Devil
::
Water devil () The
rapacious
larva of a large water
beetle
(Hydrophilus
piceus),
and of other
similar
species.
See
Illust.
of Water
beetle..
Dermestes
::
Dermestes
(n.) A genus of
coleopterous
insects,
the
larvae
of which feed
animal
substances.
They are very
destructive
to dries
meats,
skins,
woolens,
and furs. The most
common
species
is D.
lardarius,
known as the bacon
beetle..
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