Definition of "larval" []

• Of or relating to a larva or larvae. (adjective)
• Being a larva. (adjective)
• Characteristic of larvae. (adjective)
• Having the form or shape of a larva. (adjective)
• Undeveloped, latent. (adjective)

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• "There are little flatworms called larval trematodes that infect frogs."
• "Since this metamorphosis-preventing hormone keeps the insect in the larval form, it is called the larval hormone, or even the juvenile hormone."
• "Some patients also found so-called larval therapy more painful, according to the study in the British Medical Journal."