Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: 'ghost, mask'

larva

 noun
     
Related topics: Insects
lar‧va plural larvae [countable]
HBI a young insect with a soft tube-shaped body, which will later become an insect with wings [= grub]
—larval adjective
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary