Larva



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 昆虫的) 幼虫
• ［例］ The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly.

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural larvae; also larvas)

• Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, specter, mask; akin to Latin lar Lar
• Date: 1768
• 1. the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects, alters chiefly in size while passing through several molts, and is finally transformed into a pupa or chrysalis from which the adult emerges
• 2. the early form of an animal (as a frog or sea urchin) that at birth or hatching is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose before assuming the adult characters
• ? larval adjective

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