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larvae

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Larvae
Immature forms of certain worms.

larva
[lär′və] pl. larvae
Etymology: L, specter
the early immature form of an animal, which undergoes metamorphosis to an adult form. It is one of the growth stages for some insects; the state between the egg and the pupolarval stage is the feeding stage in the growth process. larval, adj.


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