Definitions for larva

larva lar·va

Spelling: [lahr-vuh]
IPA: /ˈlɑr və/

Larva is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in larva (aalrv).

Definitions for larva

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 larva

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

Examples for larva

The larva then enters the ground to a depth of several inches.

The larva when grown was at least four times as long as the egg.

larva (plural larvæ): the young or immature form of an insect.

Pleopoda: abdominal legs of larva: posterior legs of an adult.

Pre-pupal: that stage in the larva just preceding the change to pupa.

Laemodipodiform: like a laemodipod; similar to the larva of a walking stick.

It is evidently the work of the bee herself, and is not secreted and laid on by the larva.

The larva, or "worm," soon hatches and eats its way into the apple.

When summer comes, adult beetles attack and larva feed in the cambium layer, girdling the trees and sealing their doom.

larvarium: a tube or case made by a larva as a shelter or retreat.

Word Value for larva
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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