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Synonyms for larval


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lahr-vuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɑr vəl

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Définition of larval

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin larvalis, from larva (see larva).
  • As in rudimentary : adj basic, fundamental
Example sentences :
  • Paedogenetic: reproducing in the sexually immature or larval stage.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Paedogenesis: reproduction in the sexually immature or larval stage.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Ultimate: last or final: that larval stage just before pupation.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • The empty case at a shows the last stage of the larval life.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • The ant-lion was the larval form the lace-wing fly, of course.
  • Extract from : « Nightmare Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • In the skin of a larval salamander they are quite conspicuous.
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
  • The larval forms of the Mollusca differ considerably from the adult.
  • Extract from : « Stories of the Universe: Animal Life » by B. Lindsay
  • Most extensive is the destruction in the caterpillar and in the larval lamprey.
  • Extract from : « The Origin of Vertebrates » by Walter Holbrook Gaskell
  • The reason doubtless is because they are so much given to larval development.
  • Extract from : « The Evolutionist at Large » by Grant Allen
  • They all pass a larval stage in the body of an intermediate host.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis » by James Campbell Todd

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