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lar·val

   [lahr-vuhl]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or in the form of a larva.
2.
Also, lar·vate  [lahr-veyt] . (of a disease) masked; not clearly defined.
Origin:
1650–60; < Latin larvālis. See larva, -al1

Related forms
post·lar·val, adjective
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larva (ˈlɑːvə)
 
—n , pl -vae
an immature free-living form of many animals that develops into a different adult form by metamorphosis
 
[C18: (C17 in the original Latin sense: ghost): New Latin]
 
'larval
 
—adj

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