larva

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
 * 2) An animal in the aforementioned stage.
 * 3) A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
 * 4)  A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
 * 1) A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
 * 2)  A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
 * 1) A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
 * 2)  A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
 * 1)  A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
 * 1)  A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.

Usage notes
Although the plural is somewhat common, it is regarded by some as incorrect.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: يَرَقَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: larva
 * Belarusian: лічы́нка
 * Bengali: লার্ভা
 * Bulgarian: ла́рва, личи́нка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: larve
 * Dutch:, larvestadium
 * Estonian: vastne
 * Finnish:, , toukkavaihe
 * French:
 * Galician: larva
 * Georgian: ლარვა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi:, लार्वा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: toukka
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: балаңқұрт, дернәсіл
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz: личинка
 * Latvian: kāpurs
 * Lithuanian: lerva
 * Macedonian: ларва
 * Malay: larva
 * Malayalam: ലാർവ
 * Maori: torongū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਡਿੰਭ, ਲਾਰਵਾ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лѝчӣнка,  ла̑рва
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: larva
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, larvstadie, larvstadium
 * Tajik:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: liçinka
 * Ukrainian: личи́нка
 * Urdu: لاروا
 * Uyghur: لېچىنكا
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: larfa, larfae


 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sürfə
 * Bashkir: ҡарышлауыҡ
 * Belarusian: лічы́нка
 * Bulgarian: личи́нка
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: qurtçıq
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: larva
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: olod
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:, ឌិម្ភា
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ຫນອນ, ດ້ວງ
 * Latin: larva
 * Latvian: kāpurs
 * Macedonian: ларва
 * Malayalam: ലാർവ
 * Maori: torongū
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: larve
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лѝчӣнка,  ла̑рва
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: larva
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: lava, bombwe
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:, кирмак
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gurçuk
 * Ukrainian: личи́нка
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:,  hilarvat,  jilarvat


 * Japanese:
 * Russian:


 * Breton:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) domino mask
 * 1) domino mask

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * , grub
 * 1)  shadow, skeleton
 * 1)  shadow, skeleton

Etymology
Possibly from, usu. as, but vowel length gradation unexplained.

Noun

 * 1) ghost, haunt, evil spirit, demon, devil
 * 2) hobgoblin, goblin
 * 3)  horrific mask
 * 4)  skeleton

Quotations

 * circa 200 B.C., Plautus, Captivi, Act 3, Scene 4, line 66:

Verb

 * 1)  enchant

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  early growth stage of some insects and amphibians

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  ghost
 * 1)  ghost

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to behave flippantly, childishly or ridiculously; to tramp, to footle

Etymology
From.

Synonyms

 * (archaic)
 * (archaic)