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
词态变化
复数形式:larvae
常见例句
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A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals
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A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
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aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
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s having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form
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distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
