Definition of "larvae" []

• Plural form of larva. (noun)

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• "The ancestors of these very helpless creatures lived, I have remarked, in the sea; and we may be pretty certain that their eggs are hatched out into what we call larvae, or imperfectly developed animals, precisely similar to the young, or larvae, of the marine mussel of our seas."
• "Scientists had seen it in larvae form before, but not in its full-blown glory until it was filmed at depth."
• "This is an infection that occurs when people eat wild mushrooms or domesticated pigs which contain larvae of the worm called trichinella."