Definitions for larvae

larvae lar·va

Spelling: [lahr-vuh]
IPA: /ˈlɑr və/

Larvae is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in larvae (aaelrv).

Definitions for larvae

noun

  1. Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
  2. any animal in an analogous immature form.
  3. the young of any invertebrate animal.
  4. larvae, Roman Antiquity. malignant ghosts, as lemures.

Origin of larvae

1645-55; New Latin; special use of Latin larva a ghost, specter, mask, skeleton; akin to Lares

Examples for larvae

Limaciform: having the form of a Limax or slug; said of larvae.

Tentacular -um: retractile processes on the larvae of Lepidoptera.

The larvae then bore their way out of the fruit and drop to the soil where they pupate.

They are incapable of making their own nests, or of feeding their own larvae.

The larvae produce parasitic worms that can enter the human body and take up residence for as long as 14  years.

Jellyfish eat the eggs and larvae of other species higher on the food chain, as well as the plankton that those larvae would eat.

The sago palm weevil, a type of beetle, is eaten, roasted or raw, as a larvae in Southeast Asia.

Homomorpha: insects in which the larvae resemble the adults.

Scutes: the chitinous shields or plates on the segments of larvae.

Corpus adiposum: the mass of fat tissue often found in larvae.

Word Value for larvae
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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