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What is the noun for larva?

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larva
  1. 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.
  2. An animal in the aforementioned stage.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “A larva moves to the edge of a leaf before it pupates, and the leaf curls around the pupa.”
      “The larva of the sheep bot fly is a parasite that lives on mucous surfaces of the nasal passages and sinuses of sheep and goats.”
      “The clothes moth larva is the only feeding stage and therefore the only stage that damages fabrics.”
larviculture
larvogenesis
  1. The development of a larva
larvivore
  1. (biology) Anything that eats larvae
larvalization
  1. Conversion into a larva
larve
  1. Dated form of larva.
larvivores
  1. plural of larvivore
larvae
  1. plural of larva
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The grubs that you see in the lawn are the larvae of Japanese beetles, June beetles, and chafers.”
      “Third-instar larvae exit these webs, migrate to new buds, and construct larger, resin-lined webs between buds.”
      “The warble fly lays eggs on cattle in the Spring and Summer, and the larvae enter the animal to migrate through it.”
larvas
larves
  1. plural of larve
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