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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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Spindling
::
Spindleworm
(n.) The larva of a
noctuid
mmoth
(Achatodes
zeae) which feeds
inside
the
stalks
of corn
(maize),
sometimes
causing
much
damage.
It is
smooth,
with a black head and tail and a row of black dots
across
each
segment..
Mesotrochal
::
Mesotrochal
(a.)
Having
the
middle
of the body
surrounded
by bands of
cilia;
-- said of the
larvae
of
certain
marine
annelids.
Gentle
::
Gentle
(n.) A
dipterous
larva used as fish bait.
Panorpid
::
Panorpid
(n.) Any
neuropterous
insect
of the genus
Panorpa,
and
allied
genera.
The
larvae
feed on plant
lice..
Tadpole
::
Tadpole
(n.) The young
aquatic
larva of any
amphibian.
In this stage it
breathes
by means of
external
or
internal
gills,
is at first
destitute
of legs, and has a
finlike
tail.
Called
also
polliwig,
polliwog,
porwiggle,
or
purwiggy..
Caterpillar
::
Caterpillar
(n.) The
larval
state of a
butterfly
or any
lepidopterous
insect;
sometimes,
but less
commonly,
the
larval
state of other
insects,
as the
sawflies,
which are also
called
false
caterpillars.
The true
caterpillars
have three pairs of true legs, and
several
pairs of
abdominal
fleshy
legs
(prolegs)
armed with
hooks.
Some are
hairy,
others
naked.
They
usually
feed on
leaves,
fruit,
and
succulent
vegetables,
being often very
destructive,
Many of them are
popularly
called
worms,
as the cutw
Nephridium
::
Nephridium
(n.) A
segmental
tubule;
one of the
tubules
of the
primitive
urinogenital
organs;
a
segmental
organ.
See
Illust.
under
Loeven's
larva.
Dropworm
::
Dropworm
(n.) The larva of any
geometrid
moth, which drops from trees by means of a
thread
of silk, as the
cankerworm..
Slug
::
Slug (n.) Any
smooth,
soft larva of a
sawfly
or moth which
creeps
like a
mollusk;
as, the pear slug; rose
slug..
Pupiparous
::
Pupiparous
(a.)
Bearing,
or
containing,
a pupa; -- said of the
matured
larvae,
or
larval
skins,
of
certain
Diptera..
Acephalocyst
::
Acephalocyst
(n.) A
larval
entozoon
in the form of a
subglobular
or oval
vesicle,
or
hydatid,
filled
with
fluid,
sometimes
found in the
tissues
of man and the lower
animals;
-- so
called
from the
absence
of a head or
visible
organs
on the
vesicle.
These cysts are the
immature
stages
of
certain
tapeworms.
Also
applied
to
similar
cysts of
different
origin..
Cutworm
::
Cutworm
(n.) A
caterpillar
which at night eats off young
plants
of
cabbage,
corn, etc.,
usually
at the
ground.
Some kinds
ascend
fruit trees and eat off the
flower
buds.
During
the day, they
conceal
themselves
in the
earth.
The
common
cutworms
are the
larvae
of
various
species
of
Agrotis
and
related
genera
of
noctuid
moths..
Forester
::
Forester
(n.) A
lepidopterous
insect
belonging
to
Alypia
and
allied
genera;
as, the
eight-spotted
forester
(A.
octomaculata),
which in the
larval
state is
injurious
to the
grapevine..
Sawfly
::
Sawfly
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
hymenopterous
insects
belonging
to the
family
Tenthredinidae.
The
female
usually
has an
ovipositor
containing
a pair of
sawlike
organs
with which she makes
incisions
in the
leaves
or stems of
plants
in which to lay the eggs. The
larvae
resemble
those of
Lepidoptera.
Saddleback
::
Saddleback
(n.) The larva of a
bombycid
moth
(Empretia
stimulea)
which has a
large,
bright
green,
saddle-shaped
patch of color on the
back..
Blown
::
Blown (p. p. & a.)
Covered
with the eggs and
larvae
of
flies;
fly
blown.
Skaddon
::
Skaddon
(n.) The larva of a bee.
Larvated
::
Larvated
(a.)
Masked;
clothed
as with a mask.
Loeven''s Larva
::
Loeven's
larva () The
peculiar
larva of
Polygordius.
See
Polygordius.
Scolex
::
Scolex
(n.) The
embryo
produced
directly
from the egg in a
metagenetic
series,
especially
the larva of a
tapeworm
or other
parasitic
worm. See
Illust.
of
Echinococcus..
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