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Definition of larva noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

larva

noun
 
/ˈlɑːvə/
 
/ˈlɑːrvə/
(plural larvae
 
/ˈlɑːviː/
 
/ˈlɑːrviː/
)
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  1. an insect at the stage when it has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm compare nymph (2)Topics Insects, worms, etc.c2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLarva is used after these nouns:
    • fly
    • insect
    • mosquito
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a disembodied spirit or ghost): from Latin, literally ‘ghost, mask’.
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