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Larva vs Skeletonizer - What's the difference?

larva | skeletonizer |

As nouns the difference between larva and skeletonizer

is that larva is mask while skeletonizer is (zoology) any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton behind.

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

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    skeletonizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton behind.
    • the apple-leaf skeletonizer
    (Webster 1913)