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[ adjective ] immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage

Examples

"larval societies" "larval crayfishes" "the larval stage"

Used in print

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

But they are still enclosed in their larval cells and remain there throughout the summer , fall , and winter .

Related terms

immature

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[ adjective ] relating to or typical of a larva

Examples

"the larval eye"

Related terms

larva

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