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A larva is the young form of an insect that will later grow wings — a soft, often tube-shaped body that eats and grows, before it changes.
A larva is the young form of an insect that will later grow wingslarva幼蟲是昆蟲以後會長出翅膀之前的幼年形態 — a soft, often tube-shaped body that eats and grows, before it changes通常是軟軟的、管狀的身體，會一邊吃一邊長大，然後才變態。
A is the larva of a butterfly or moth. A is the larva of a fly. A grub is often the larva of a beetle.
A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly or mothcaterpillar毛毛蟲是蝴蝶或蛾的幼蟲。A maggot is the larva of a flymaggot蛆是蒼蠅的幼蟲。A grub is often the larva of a beetlegrub蠐螬通常是甲蟲的幼蟲。
This is the crawling, hungry stage. Later it may become a (the still, changing stage), then the adult.
This is the crawling, hungry stage這是會爬行、貪吃的階段。Later it may become a pupa之後牠可能會變成pupa蛹 (the still, changing stage)（靜止、正在變態的階段）, then the adult再變成成蟲。
Though actually, not every young insect is a larva. Insects that change a little at a time, like , have nymphs, which already look somewhat like the adult.
Though actually不過其實, not every young insect is a larva不是每一種昆蟲的幼年階段都叫larva。Insects that change a little at a time, like grasshoppers那些一點一點慢慢變態的昆蟲，像grasshoppers蚱蜢, have nymphs牠們的幼年階段叫做nymphs若蟲, which already look somewhat like the adult外形已經有點像成蟲了。
People also stretch larva to other animals with a young form that does not look like the adult, such as a .
People also stretch larva to other animals with a young form that does not look like the adult人們也會把larva這個詞延伸用在其他動物身上，只要牠們的幼年形態長得不像成年的樣子, such as a tadpole例如tadpole蝌蚪。
The Latin word meant a ghost or : the true animal is still hidden.
The Latin word meant a ghost or goblin這個字的拉丁文原意是鬼魂或小妖怪: the true animal is still hidden真正的樣貌還藏著沒現形。
One is a larva; more than one are larvae.
One is a larva一隻是larva; more than one are larvae多於一隻就是larvae。
組成Does not split. From Latin larva, meaning a disembodied spirit, ghost, or goblin — the true insect still hidden, like a spirit in a disguise.
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- larvalthe adjective: the larval stage is this young form
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
larvanoun/ˈlɑː.və/
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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.
- The habits of the second nymphal stage are likewise similar to those of the larva stage.
- Several possible explanations are advanced for a large decrease in numbers between the egg and larva stage, namely, drift of larvae from the sampling station, escape through the meshes of the net, sinking below the surface layers, and loss from mortality. A seasonally erratic egg to larva ratio is pointed out.
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An animal in the aforementioned stage.
- The young larva bores into the tissue of a tobacco leaf, usually near the place where it has emerged from the egg, in cases where the egg was laid on a leaf, and mines into the leaf.
- What does a mountain newt larva eat?
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A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
- In water of 5-6° C, herring hatch in about 22 days, at 11-12° C in 8–10 days. The newly hatched larva is about 6–8 mm long and at first depends on the food reserves of the yolk-sac.
- Breeding females of both the Lophogastrida and Mysida carry their embryos and larvae in a marsupium, within which their entire embryonic and larval development takes place.
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A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
- In the fourteenth we find, but still in Latin, a quasi-historical drama, in the larva stage of monologue recitation, founded on a subject from the national annals—that of Ezzelino, tyrant-duke of Padua.
- Man's larva stage is first announced by strong pathetic squalls; — Conscious knowledge of his helplessness, — dependency, appalls, — Evokes maternal sympathy,— for him she will provide,— Most proud mother, happy parent, as he nestles by her side.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。