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larval, a.|ˈlɑːvəl|
[ad. L. larvāl-is pertaining to larvæ, or ghosts.]
†1. (See quot.) Obs.
1656Blount Glossogr., Larval, belonging to a night-spirit, goblin or masker, haggish, ghastly, dreadful.
2. Of or pertaining to a larva or grub; characteristic of a larva.
1848in Maunder Treas. Nat. Hist. 791. 1851–6 Woodward Mollusca iv. 21 The young [of mollusca] generally pass through one preparatory, or larval, stage. 1859Darwin Orig. Spec. ii. (1878) 35 The immature and larval states of many of the lower animals. 1894H. Drummond Ascent Man 352 The larval forms of the Star-fish or the Sea Urchin..are disguised past all recognition.
b. Of an animal: In the condition of a larva.
1864Reader IV. 669/1 The mode in which the larval flukes found in the molluscs re-enter the sheep. 1866Duke of Argyll Reign Law iv. (ed. 4) 197 The eating of some larval parasite into the tissue of the wing.
3. Path. Of a disease: Latent, undeveloped. Also, ‘applied to certain diseases in which the skin of the face is disfigured as if covered by a mask’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855).
1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 172 Certain irritations in the various organs, such as characterize irregular or larval gout. 1898P. Manson Trop. Dis. vi. 105 The quinine test is generally conclusive in..the various larval forms of malaria. Ibid. viii. 159 Abortive or larval plague. |