Definition of Larvas

1. Noun. (plural of larva) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Larvas

1. larva [n] - See also: larva

Lexicographical Neighbors of Larvas

larupped
larva
larva currens
larva migrans
larvacean
larvaceans
larvaceous
larvacidal
larvacide
larvacides
larvae
larval
larval conjunctivitis
larval plague
larvalia
larvas (current term)
larvate
larvated
larvicidal
larvicide
larvicides
larviform
larvikite
larvikites
larviparous
larviphagic
larvivorous
larvæ
laryngal
laryngals

Literary usage of Larvas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Medicine (1906)
"However, within a few feet of where these Anopheles larvas were caught, ... The reason for this is due to the fact that Anopheles larvas lie in the green ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1892)
"As soon, however, as larvas appeared over grass land in general, and they appeared in millions within a few days of the time that the first larvas were ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1902)
"curved in great numbers feeding on the common plum aphis infesting the inclosed tree. These larvae were observed in one or two instances to eat the larvas ..."

4. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"A number of third stage living larvas were taken from the nose of a female ... Several living larvas were collected from a sceptic wound on the face, ..."

5. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"Bankes sweeps the larvas from heather in Dorset and Hants, and has sometimes ... Porritt observes that, in Yorkshire, the larvas prefer the lower shoots of ..."

6. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... 1892, at Folkestone (Byrne), larvas July gth, 1893, at Corfe Castle, 2 pupated and produced imagines on October loth and nth (Bankes), ..."

7. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The larvas of insects with complete metamorphosis, like the naiads of those ... The differences in form between larvas and adults are augmented by the fact ..."

8. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"You had better bring home a box of lichen and keep it just moist. It will last them till they pupate. At the same time you will get larvas of ..."

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