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larvae
/ˈlɑɹ.vi/
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What does larvae mean?
noun
- plural of larva
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This problem reduces itself simply to that of the method whereby the gametes transmit heliotropism to the larvae or to the adult.
With insects the female larvae are often larger than those of the males, and would consequently be more likely to be devoured.
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They would come nimbly forward, and commence grubbing with their forefeet and snouts around the roots of herbage, searching for insect larvae.
The fantastic history of the larvae of the Anthrax furnishes us with one of the most suggestive examples of these strange coincidences.
The larvae develop and multiply with great rapidity, and sometimes gain admission into the frontal sinus, causing intense cephalalgia, and even death.