LARVAL

larval

(adjective) immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; “larval societies”; “larval crayfishes”; “the larval stage”

larval

(adjective) relating to or typical of a larva; “the larval eye”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

larval

Of or relating to a larva or larvae.

Being a larva.

Characteristic of larvae.

Having the form or shape of a larva.

(disease) Undeveloped, latent.

Anagrams

• arvall, vallar

Source: Wiktionary


Lar"val, a. Etym: [L. larvalis ghostly. See Larva.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to a larva.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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