| 单词 | larva |
| 释义 | larva (once / 1956 pages) n WORD FAMILY larva: larvae, larval, larvas USAGE EXAMPLESDepartment of Agriculture identifiers, who determined the pest to be longhorned beetle larvae. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The larvae of fish that live in coral reefs are tiny, and they are not very good swimmers. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Agricultural specialists discovered one live MedFly larva in the shipment among many dead others. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) n the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose Hypo|Hyper ascidian tadpole free-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord bladder wormencysted saclike larva of the tapeworm cercariatadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage wirewormwormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants mealwormthe larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae wiggler, wrigglerlarva of a mosquito jointworm, strawwormlarva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains ant lion, antlion, doodlebugthe larva of any of several insects aphid lion, aphis lioncarnivorous larva of lacewing flies dobson, hellgrammiatelarge brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait caseworminsect larva that constructs a protective case around its body caterpillara wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth nympha larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) leptocephalusslender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes botbotfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human gruba soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects polliwog, pollywog, tadpolea larval frog or toad caddisworm, strawwormlarva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris tussock caterpillarlarva of a tussock moth cankerwormgreen caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees inchworm, looper, measuring wormsmall hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberwormlarva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco cutwormNorth American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground Pseudaletia unipuncta, army worm, armywormnoctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain Spodoptera exigua, beet armywormmoth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables Spodoptera frugiperda, fall armywormlarva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains Manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm, tomato wormlarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata, potato worm, tomato hornwormlarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm silkwormthe commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk giant silkworm, silkworm, wild wilkwormlarva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon tent caterpillarthe larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees lappet caterpillarlarva of a lappet moth webwormseveral gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed Pyrausta nubilalis, corn borerlarva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize bollwormany of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls Pieris rapae, cabbagewormtoxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillarcaterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests maggotthe larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter leatherjackettough-skinned larva of certain crane flies animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
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