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
原型:larva
变形:s
常见例句
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aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
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distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
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the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g
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A genus of small free-swimming Tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other Tunicata
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noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain n
