Larval Definition & Meaning

larval
adjective
  1. immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage"
  2. relating to or typical of a larva; "the larval eye"

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