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Noun: larva (larvae,larvas)  laa(r)-vu
  1. 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

Derived forms: larvae, larvas

Type of: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

Encyclopedia: Larva, Spain

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laryngeal
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