American English pronunciation
How to pronounce larvae
IPA transcription: ['lɑɹvi]
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Noun
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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
Usage examples
- The larvae are thus somewhere between predators and parasites.
- Sabertooth fish larvae are planktonic and have long snouts and oblong eyes before metamorphosis.
- The larvae are known to feed on "Axonopus compressus".
- The larvae are fat gray grubs with dark heads.
- Pastures that housed donkeys may be infected with lungworm larvae.
- These are insect Larvae.
- Tadpoles are pond type larvae with large dorsal fins on their tails.
- It eats larvae and crustaceans.
- It is believed to feed on insect larvae and termites.
- The larvae feed on "Oryza sativa" and "Saccharum officinarum".