larva
noun#28,692
Translations
- 仔虫しちゅう
- 幼生ようせい
- 幼虫ようちゅう
- うじうじ
English definition
- 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
Examples
- The life cycle of an amphibian consists of three stages: egg, larva and adult.