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Larve — meaning in English

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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.

Senses

Larve 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.

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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