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What is the adjective for larva?

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larval
  1. Of or relating to a larva or larvae.
  2. Being a larva.
  3. Characteristic of larvae.
  4. Having the form or shape of a larva.
  5. (disease) Undeveloped, latent.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “We saw a very heavy flight of sugarbeet webworms last week and may begin to see larval feeding over the next week or so.”
      “Pan and Erwin described Erwinispira jucunda and recognized that it has a larval shell of three whorls.”
      “Over time, the scolex degenerated and the aberrant larval form proliferated.”
larviparous
  1. (zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Both female field crickets and the larviparous parasitoid flies Ormia ochracea rely on acoustic cues to detect and find singing male crickets.”
larvivorous
  1. (chiefly of fish) That feed on the larvae of insects
larvicolous
  1. That lives parasitically within the body of a larva
larvacidal
  1. Alternative spelling of larvicidal
larviform
  1. (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, a higher male ratio and an increase in the percentage of deformed larviform pupae were recorded on the artificial diet.”
larvistatic
  1. That inhibits the growth of larvae
larvicidal
  1. Killing larvae.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Garbage, manure, and similar wastes that cannot be made inaccessible to flies can be treated with larvicidal drenches or dusts.”
      “A method of killing or inhibiting larvae of Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi, comprising administering enterally to the larvae an amount of limonene sufficient to be larvicidal or to inhibit the feeding of the larvae.”
      “Strategy for the isolation and analysis of antifungal, molluscicidal, and larvicidal agents from tropical plants.”
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