Definitions for larval

larval lar·val

Spelling: [lahr-vuh l]
IPA: /ˈlɑr vəl/

Larval is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in larval (aallrv).

Definitions for larval

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
  2. Also, larvate [lahr-veyt] /ˈlɑr veɪt/ (Show IPA). (of a disease) masked; not clearly defined.

Origin of larval

From the Latin word larvālis, dating back to 1650-60. See larva, -al1

Examples for larval

Most extensive is the destruction in the caterpillar and in the larval lamprey.

Ultimate: last or final: that larval stage just before pupation.

In the skin of a larval salamander they are quite conspicuous.

Except perhaps an injunction to my fellow emergent adults: remember your larval years!

A record would spend years in larval form as an acetate, the big waxy master from which copies were made.

Paedogenesis: reproduction in the sexually immature or larval stage.

The ant-lion was the larval form the lace-wing fly, of course.

The larval forms of the Mollusca differ considerably from the adult.

The empty case at a shows the last stage of the larval life.

Paedogenetic: reproducing in the sexually immature or larval stage.

Word Value for larval
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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