Word: larviform
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: lar
vi
form
Definition: Having the form or structure of a larva; the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
Morphemes:
Affix: larva
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: larva
Language: la
Decoded: larva
Meaning: ghost-like, masked
Affix: -iform
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Having the shape or form of; looking like.