larva
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin larva (“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”).
Inflected forms:
form: larvae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: larvas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: larvæ
pos: noun
tags: archaic
plural
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The habits of the second nymphal stage are likewise similar to those of the larva stage.
Several possible explanations are advanced for a large decrease in numbers between the egg and larva stage, namely, drift of larvae from the sampling station, escape through the meshes of the net, sinking below the surface layers, and loss from mortality. A seasonally erratic egg to larva ratio is pointed out.
gloss: An animal in the aforementioned stage.
pos: noun
examples: 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?
gloss: A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
pos: noun
examples: In water of 5-6° C, herring hatch in about 22 days, at 11-12° C in 8–10 days. The newly hatched larva is about 6–8 mm long and at first depends on the food reserves of the yolk-sac.
Breeding females of both the Lophogastrida and Mysida carry their embryos and larvae in a marsupium, within which their entire embryonic and larval development takes place.
gloss: A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: In the fourteenth we find, but still in Latin, a quasi-historical drama, in the larva stage of monologue recitation, founded on a subject from the national annals—that of Ezzelino, tyrant-duke of Padua.
Man's larva stage is first announced by strong pathetic squalls; — Conscious knowledge of his helplessness, — dependency, appalls, — Evokes maternal sympathy,— for him she will provide,— Most proud mother, happy parent, as he nestles by her side.
The larva stage of the child's mind demands much forage material.
The larva stage possesses a libido of nutrition, if I may so express it, but not yet the libido sexualis.
After they have fairly emerged from what may be termed the larva stage, so that they can make their way about, we see them experimenting with their bodies and exploring their surroundings. Babies handle; they taste, they feel with hands and mouths, they look, and they listen; they creep and walk and climb; later they stride, trot, jump, utilizing everything they can find in their play purpose of activity.
I would call the arrival and settlement of our forefathers in this country which we now call Ghana as the egg stage; the time between the birth of the Fante Confederacy and the time of the first Legislative Council as the larva stage; the time the Positive Action was declared as the pupa stage; and the 3rd of August, 1956, when the historic motion for independence was moved, as the full-grown stage.
A vision in the larva stage uses our knowledge base to grow. We cannot see this process, but it goes on in the back of our mind, usually without our knowing it.
We also have been in the larva stage of life. And many people will never abandon this stage. A larva is an adult of eighteen years or more. An adult that never grew up and just wakes up, work, pay bills, sleep, breathe, and so on.
Synonyms: larva
Related words: insect
Derived words: larvacide
larvaesque
larvagenesis
larval
larvaless
larvalike
larvicide
larviform
larviparous
larvivorous
mosquito larva
paralarva
postlarva
prolarva
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: թրթուր
roman: tʻrtʻur
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sürfə
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡарышлауыҡ
roman: qarışlawıq
lang: Belarusian
word: лічы́нка
roman: ličýnka
lang: Bulgarian
word: личи́нка
roman: ličínka
lang: Catalan
word: larva
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 幼蟲 /幼虫
roman: yòuchóng
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: qurtçıq
lang: Czech
word: larva
lang: Danish
word: larve
lang: Dutch
word: larve
lang: Estonian
word: vastne
lang: Estonian
word: kulles
lang: Estonian
word: maim
lang: Estonian
word: tõuk
lang: Estonian
word: vagel
lang: Estonian
word: röövik
lang: Estonian
word: ebaröövik
lang: Estonian
word: konu
lang: Finnish
word: toukka
lang: French
word: larve
lang: Galician
word: larva
lang: German
word: Larve
lang: Greek
word: προνύμφη
roman: pronýmfi
lang: Hebrew
word: פגית
roman: pagít
lang: Higaonon
word: olod
lang: Icelandic
word: lirfa
lang: Indonesian
word: jentik
lang: Japanese
word: 幼虫
roman: yōchū
lang: Khmer
word: ដង្កូវ
roman: dɑɑdɑngkəw
lang: Khmer
word: ឌិម្ភា
roman: dimphiə
lang: Korean
word: 유충
roman: yuchung
lang: Lao
word: ຫນອນ
roman: nǭn
lang: Lao
word: ດ້ວງ
roman: dūang
lang: Latin
word: larva
lang: Latvian
word: kāpurs
lang: Macedonian
word: ларва
roman: larva
lang: Malayalam
word: ലാർവ
roman: lāṟva
lang: Māori
word: torongū
lang: Mongolian
word: авгалдай
roman: avgaldaj
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: larve
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: larve
lang: Persian
word: لارو
roman: lârv
lang: Polish
word: larwa
lang: Portuguese
word: larva
lang: Romanian
word: larvă
lang: Russian
word: личи́нка
roman: ličínka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: лѝчӣнка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ла̑рва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lìčīnka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lȃrva
lang: Slovak
word: larva
lang: Slovene
word: ličinka
lang: Spanish
word: larva
lang: Swahili
word: lava
lang: Swahili
word: bombwe
lang: Swedish
word: larv
lang: Tajik
word: кирм
roman: kirm
lang: Tajik
word: кирмак
roman: kirmak
lang: Tatar
word: корт
roman: qort
lang: Thai
word: หนอน
roman: nɔ̌ɔn
lang: Turkish
word: kurtçuk
lang: Turkmen
word: gurçuk
lang: Ukrainian
word: личи́нка
roman: lyčýnka
lang: Vietnamese
word: ấu trùng
lang: Volapük
word: larvat
lang: Volapük
word: hilarvat
lang: Volapük
word: jilarvat