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Larva vs Sporosac - What's the difference?

larva | sporosac |

As nouns the difference between larva and sporosac

is that larva is 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 while sporosac is a hydrozoan reproductive zooid or simple form of gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure.

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.

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    sporosac

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or simple form of gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure
  • (zoology) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable of reproducing other s by asexual generation; a redia.