larvateadj.
/ˈlɑːveɪt/ Masked, covered as by a mask.
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1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. Larvate, masked; applied in entomology.
1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. Gloss. 791/2 Larvate, masked, as a larva or caterpillar.
1888 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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adj.1846- to strike a hag in the post
- to strike a hag into the post
- to strike a hard bargain
- to strike a hull
- to strike a light
- to strike a line (also path
- to strike a medical etc off the register
- to strike a medical practitioner off the register
- to strike a name off or now rarely out of
- to strike a name off or out of
- to strike a person a blow
- to strike a person between the eye
- to strike a person between the eyes
- to strike a person in the eye
- to strike a person in the eyes
- to strike a person luck
- to strike a prisoner in the boots
- to strike a rough patch
- to strike a sticky patch
- to strike a stroke
- to strike a tinder
- to strike a —— note
- to strike all of a heap
- to strike all of on a heap
- to strike an attitude