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Definition of Larvas

Larvas
Larva Lar"va, n.; pl. L. Larv[ae], E. Larvas. [L. larva ghost, specter, mask.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larv[ae] of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larv[ae] are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.
Larva
Larva Lar"va, n.; pl. L. Larv[ae], E. Larvas. [L. larva ghost, specter, mask.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larv[ae] of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larv[ae] are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.

Meaning of Larvas from wikipedia

- A larva (/ˈlɑːrvə/; pl.: larvae /ˈlɑːrviː/) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals...
- copepod post-larva is called a copepodite; a barnacle post-larva is called a cypris; a shrimp post-larva is called a parva; a hermit crab post-larva is called...
- Scarabaeidae. The heaviest beetle, indeed the heaviest insect stage, is the larva of the goliath beetle, Goliathus goliatus, which can attain a m**** of at...
- Larva migrans generally refers to disease caused by the migration of the larvae of a helminth to various tissues. Some variants of larva migrans include:...
- Look up larva in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A larva is a juvenile form in biology that has little if any resemblance to its adult form. Larva may also...
- Larva (also known as Larvae) is a South Korean animated series made by TUBAn in Seoul, South Korea. Its main characters are two larvae that never speak...
- host to another. The mosquito life cycle consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Eggs are laid on the water surface; they hatch into motile...
- instars are filter feeders. Nauplius larva of Elminius modestus Nauplius with fronto-lateral horns The cypris larva is the second and final larval stage...
- stages of 179 species of beetles, many of them summarized in the book "Larvas de Coleoptera do Brasil". Gnaspini, Pedro; Costa, Cleide; Casari, Sônia...
- 2018. Quezada, José Rutilio; Rodríguez, Adriano (June 1989). "Brote de larvas de Rothschildia orizaba (Lepidóptera: Saturnidae) en café, una experiencia...