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Larva vs Bardie - What's the difference?

larva | bardie |

As nouns the difference between larva and bardie

is that larva is mask while bardie is (scotland) a minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by or bardie can be (australia) the edible larva of an insect.

As an adjective bardie is

rude and insolent; bolshie.

larva

English

(wikipedia larva)

Noun

  • An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
  • An animal in the aforementioned stage.
  • A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.

    • Usage notes

    Although the plural (larvas) is somewhat common, it is regarded by some as incorrect.

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    bardie

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by .
  • * 1998 , Carol McGuirk, Critical Essays on Robert Burns , page 168,
    • Burns signals her distance from the Classical Muses, and his position as more bardie than bard.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rude and insolent; bolshie.

    • Etymology 3

    From bardi .

    Alternative forms

    * bardee * bardy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia) The edible larva of an insect.

    • Anagrams

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