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Definition of larva
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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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Gid
::
Gid (a.) A
disease
of
sheep,
characterized
by
vertigo;
the
staggers.
It is
caused
by the
presence
of the
C/nurus,
a
larval
tapeworm,
in the
brain.
See
C/nurus..
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..
Cocoon
::
Cocoon
(n.) An
oblong
case in which the
silkworm
lies in its
chrysalis
state.
It is
formed
of
threads
of silk spun by the worm just
before
leaving
the
larval
state.
From these the silk of
commerce
is
prepared.
Blowfly
::
Blowfly
(n.) Any
species
of fly of the genus Musca that
deposits
its eggs or young
larvae
(called
flyblows
and
maggots)
upon meat or other
animal
products.
Nauplius
::
Nauplius
(n.) A
crustacean
larva
having
three pairs of
locomotive
organs
(corresponding
to the
antennules,
antennae,
and
mandibles),
a
median
eye, and
little
or no
segmentation
of the
body..
Horntail
::
Horntail
(n.) Any one of
family
(Uroceridae)
of large
hymenopterous
insects,
allied
to the
sawflies.
The
larvae
bore in the wood of
trees.
So
called
from the long, stout
ovipositors
of the
females..
Larvae
::
Larvae
(pl. ) of Larv.
Phyllosoma
::
Phyllosoma
(n.) The larva of the spiny
lobsters
(Palinurus
and
allied
genera).
Its body is
remarkably
thin, flat, and
transparent;
the legs are very long.
Called
also
glass-crab,
and
glass-shrimp..
Echinococcus
::
Echinococcus
(n.) A
parasite
of man and of many
domestic
and wild
animals,
forming
compound
cysts or
tumors
(called
hydatid
cysts)
in
various
organs,
but
especially
in the liver and
lungs,
which often cause
death.
It is the
larval
stage of the
Taenia
echinococcus,
a small
tapeworm
peculiar
to the dog..
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..
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
Auricularia
::
Auricularia
(n. pl.) A kind of
holothurian
larva,
with soft, blunt
appendages.
See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
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..
Webform
::
Webform
(n.) Any one of
various
species
of moths whose
gregarious
larvae
eat the
leaves
of
trees,
and
construct
a large web to which they
retreat
when not
feeding..
Veliger
::
Veliger
(n.) Any
larval
gastropod
or
bivalve
mollusk
in the state when it is
furnished
with one or two
ciliated
membranes
for
swimming.
Umbo
::
Umbo (n.) A boss, or
rounded
elevation,
or a
corresponding
depression,
in a
palate,
disk, or
membrane;
as, the umbo in the
integument
of the
larvae
of
echinoderms
or in the
tympanic
membrane
of the ear..
Wolf
::
Wolf (a.) One of the
destructive,
and
usually
hairy,
larvae
of
several
species
of
beetles
and grain
moths;
as, the bee
wolf..
Leptiform
::
Leptiform
(a.)
Having
a form
somewhat
like
leptus;
-- said of
active
insect
larvae
having
three pairs of legs. See
Larva.
Taintworm
::
Taintworm
(n.) A
destructive
parasitic
worm or
insect
larva.
Tracheobranchia
::
Tracheobranchia
(n.) One of the
gill-like
breathing
organs
of
certain
aquatic
insect
larvae.
They
contain
tracheal
tubes
somewhat
similar
to those of other
insects.
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