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Definition of Larval

1. Adjective. Immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage. "The larval stage"

Definition of Larval

1. a. Of or pertaining to a larva.

Definition of Larval

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a larva or larvae. ¹

2. Adjective. Being a larva. ¹

3. Adjective. Characteristic of larvae. ¹

4. Adjective. Having the form or shape of a larva. ¹

5. Adjective. (qualifier disease) Undeveloped, latent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Larval

1. larva [adj] - See also: larva

Medical Definition of Larval

1. Of or pertaining to a larva. Origin: L. Larvalis ghostly. See Larva. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Larval

Literary usage of Larval

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"11, it will be found that underneath, or within, the larval labium, or labial cuticle, will be found the forming imaginal labial palpi ; within the larval ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The conclusion, then, that we reach is that the larval phase of life graduates into the later phases, and that it is impossible to characterize it with ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"During this the larva takes no food and ceases to move, and undergoes important changes of structure and form beneath the larval cuticle, which invests it ..."

4. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"The figures, bracketed in pairs, represent six larval Metazoa, with their respective ... larval type, in the intermediate structural form Calceolus ..."

5. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"larval FORMS: THEIR NATURE, ORIGIN AND AFFINITIES ... In a general way two types of development may be distinguished, viz. a foetal type and a larval type. ..."

6. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology VOLUME XVIII JUNE, 1908 NUMBER 3 THE BEHAVIOR OF THE larval AND ADOLESCENT STAGES OF THE AMERICAN ..."

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