幼虫 — meaning in English

English meaning

• grub noun The soft, worm-like larva of certain insects, especially beetles.
• larva noun The early, immature form of an insect or amphibian after hatching, before it changes into its adult shape.
• maggot noun The soft, legless larva of a fly, often found in decaying matter.

Senses

幼虫 is used for these senses in English:

• grub (countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle.
• instar An arthropod at a specified one of these stages of development.
• larva An animal in the aforementioned stage.
• maggot A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]

grub — full definition

1. noun The soft, worm-like larva of certain insects, especially beetles.
2. noun Food.
3. verb To dig in the ground, especially searching for something.

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