Answer the following question given this paragraph: In some species, the same individual produces both sperm and eggs. But worms mate to exchange sperm, rather than self-fertilizing their own eggs. Fertilized eggs are deposited in a mucous cocoon. Offspring emerge from the cocoon looking like small adults. They grow to adult size without going through a larval stage. Q: Worms grow to adult size without going through what stage? Choices: - egg - development - growth - larval A:
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larval