larva

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noun

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 (Freq. 6)
• Derivationally related forms:
larval
• Hypernyms:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hyponyms:
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