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Word entry · 5 letters

larva

Best crossword clue

"Immature insect form"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɑː.və/Part of speech nounSorted aalrvStarts with LEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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?

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