Larva

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 1.1 Homophones 2 Etymology 3 noun 3.2 Translations 4 Latin 5 Noun

Pronunciation

• lava (non-rhotic accents)

noun

larva (plural: larvae)

1. a form which some insects take, where they are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub after hatching from their egg.
2. a form of a recently born or hatched animal which is quite different from their adult stage.

• Breton: larvenn f -ed pl
• Dutch: larve f
• French: larve f
• German: Larve f
• Indonesian: larva
• Interlingua: larva
• Japanese: 幼虫 (ようちゅう, yōchū)
• Polish: larwa
• Spanish: larva