larva (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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Hypernym animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Derivationally related form larva → larval; larva → larval
Hyponym ascidian tadpole; bladder worm; cercaria; wireworm; mealworm; wiggler, wriggler; strawworm, jointworm; doodlebug, ant lion, antlion; aphid lion, aphis lion; hellgrammiate, dobson; caseworm; caterpillar; nymph; leptocephalus; bot; grub; tadpole, polliwog, pollywog
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Derivationally related form larval → larva; larval → larva
Pertainym (pertains to noun) larval → larva
Hyponym animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Hypernym ascidian tadpole; bladder worm; cercaria; wireworm; mealworm; wiggler, wriggler; strawworm, jointworm; doodlebug, ant lion, antlion; aphid lion, aphis lion; hellgrammiate, dobson; caseworm; caterpillar; nymph; leptocephalus; bot; grub; tadpole, polliwog, pollywog

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