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Larva(medicine)
larva(encyclopedia)
larva(dictionary)
rhabditiform larva(medicine)
larva migrans(medicine)
larva currens(medicine)
filariform larva(medicine)
Loeven's larva(medicine)
larva migrans, visceral(medicine)

larva (iou)



larva noun. . M17.
[Latin = ghost, mask.]
A disembodied spirit; a ghost, a spectre. obsolete exc. Hist. M17.
An insect in a state of development (displaying little or no similarity to the adult) lasting from the time of its leaving the egg until its transformation into a pupa; a grub, a caterpillar. Also, an immature form in other animals that undergo some sort of metamorphosis, e.g. amphibians, coelenterates, copepods, tapeworms, etc. M18.