Definitions
The immature form of an insect or other animal before it changes into an adult.
Word origin
From Latin larva (“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”).
Used in a sentence
“The habits of the second nymphal stage are likewise similar to those of the larva stage.”
“The young larva bores into the tissue of a tobacco leaf, usually near the place where it has emerged from the egg, in cases where the egg was laid on a leaf, and mines into the leaf.”
“What does a mountain newt larva eat?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Immature insect form”5 letters
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