Word

larva, n.
(larvae)
freq. cnt. 6

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
<noun.animal> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

larva

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

larval larval

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hypernym

animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna

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