Results for larva

Definitions of larva:

part of speech: adjective

Larval.

part of speech: noun

An insect in its first stage after issuing from the egg, i. e. in the caterpillar state:- pl. LARVÆ- adj. LARVAL.

part of speech: noun

An insect in the first stage of its life after leaving the egg; thus, the larva of the moth is a caterpillar.

Usage examples for larva:

• What a shelter for the larva of this Pompilus: the warm retreat and downy hammock of the Segestria! "More Hunting Wasps", J. Henri Fabre

• There are two chief commercial varieties, of different species, one larva having a hook on the shell, so that it can attach to fins or tail, the other being smaller and without hooks and making its way into the gills. "The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries", Francis Rolt-Wheeler

• Then he examined the eggs, and pulled out some silk from round the dead larva and investigated it all in a desultory manner, asking of me all I knew about the insects. "The White Peacock", D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence