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Larvae

/ˈlɑɹ.veɪ/

An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.

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noun

1
An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
2
An animal in the aforementioned stage.
3
A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.

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basinnoun	A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
caterpillarnoun	The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
caterpillarsnoun	The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
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fungusnoun	(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
grubsnoun	(uncountable, slang) Food.
hosesnoun	(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
lumpnoun	Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
maggotnoun	A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
maggotsnoun	A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
mothnoun	Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
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pestnoun	Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
pupanoun	(entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
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