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Definition of larva
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of larva is as below...
Larva (n.) The
early,
immature
form of any
animal
when more or less of a
metamorphosis
takes
place,
before
the
assumption
of the
mature
shape..
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Xylophilan
::
Xylophilan
(n.) One of a tribe of
beetles
(Xylophili)
whose
larvae
live on
decayed
wood.
Leptiform
::
Leptiform
(a.)
Having
a form
somewhat
like
leptus;
-- said of
active
insect
larvae
having
three pairs of legs. See
Larva.
Strepsipterous
::
Strepsiptera
(n. pl.) A group of small
insects
having
the
anterior
wings
rudimentary,
and in the form of short and
slender
twisted
appendages,
while the
posterior
ones are large and
membranous.
They are
parasitic
in the
larval
state on bees,
wasps,
and the like; --
called
also
Rhipiptera.
See
Illust.
under
Rhipipter..
Actinotrocha
::
Actinotrocha
(n. pl.) A
peculiar
larval
form of
Phoronis,
a genus of
marine
worms,
having
a
circle
of
ciliated
tentacles..
Cercaria
::
Cercaria
(n.) The
larval
form of a
trematode
worm
having
the shape of a
tadpole,
with its body
terminated
by a
tail-like
appendage..
Necrophagan
::
Necrophagan
(n.) Any
species
of a tribe
(Necrophaga)
of
beetles
which,
in the
larval
state,
feed on
carrion;
a
burying
beetle..
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..
Nurse
::
Nurse (n.) A
peculiar
larva of
certain
trematodes
which
produces
cercariae
by
asexual
reproduction.
See
Cercaria,
and
Redia..
Glochidium
::
Glochidium
(n.) The larva or young of the
mussel,
formerly
thought
to be a
parasite
upon the
parent's
gills..
Girdler
::
Girdler
(n.) An
American
longicorn
beetle
(Oncideres
cingulatus)
which lays its eggs in the twigs of the
hickory,
and then
girdles
each
branch
by
gnawing
a
groove
around
it, thus
killing
it to
provide
suitable
food for the
larvae..
Sugar
::
Sug (n.) A kind of worm or
larva.
Trichina
::
Trichina
(n.) A
small,
slender
nematoid
worm
(Trichina
spiralis)
which,
in the
larval
state,
is
parasitic,
often in
immense
numbers,
in the
voluntary
muscles
of man, the hog, and many other
animals.
When
insufficiently
cooked
meat
containing
the
larvae
is
swallowed
by man, they are
liberated
and
rapidly
become
adult,
pair, and the
ovoviviparous
females
produce
in a short time large
numbers
of young which find their way into the
muscles,
either
directly,
or
indirectly
by means of the
blood.
Their
Hopper
::
Hopper
(n.) The larva of a
cheese
fly.
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..
Heteromorphic
::
Heteromorphic
(a.)
Deviating
from the
normal,
perfect,
or
mature
form;
having
different
forms at
different
stages
of
existence,
or in
different
individuals
of the same
species;
--
applied
especially
to
insects
in which there is a wide
difference
of form
between
the larva and the
adult,
and to
plants
having
more than one form of
flower..
Longicornia
::
Longicornia
(n. pl.) A
division
of
beetles,
including
a large
number
of
species,
in which the
antennae
are very long. Most of them, while in the
larval
state,
bore into the wood or
beneath
the bark of
trees,
and some
species
are very
destructive
to fruit and shade
trees.
See Apple
borer,
under
Apple,
and
Locust
beetle,
under
Locust..
Cankerworm
::
Cankerworm
(n.) The larva of two
species
of
geometrid
moths which are very
injurious
to fruit and shade trees by
eating,
and often
entirely
destroying,
the
foliage.
Other
similar
larvae
are also
called
cankerworms..
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..
Atrocha
::
Atrocha
(n.) A kind of
chaetopod
larva in which no
circles
of cilia are
developed.
Rubytail
::
Rubytail
(n.) A
European
gold wasp
(Chrysis
ignita)
which has the under side of the
abdomen
bright
red, and the other parts deep
bluish
green with a
metallic
luster.
The larva is
parasitic
in the nests of other wasps and of
bees..
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