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larva

Larva vs Larve - What's the difference?

larva | larve |


As a noun larva

is mask.

As an adjective larve is

latent.

Larvum vs Larva - What's the difference?

larvum | larva |

Larvum is likely misspelled.


Larvum has no English definition.

As a noun 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.

Taxonomy vs Larva - What's the difference?

taxonomy | larva |


As nouns the difference between taxonomy and larva

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while larva is mask.

Nuyph vs Larva - What's the difference?

nuyph | larva |


As a noun larva is

mask.

Larva vs Magma - What's the difference?

larva | magma |


As nouns the difference between larva and magma

is that larva is mask while magma is magma.

Embryo vs Larva - What's the difference?

embryo | larva |


As nouns the difference between embryo and larva

is that embryo is in the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus while 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.

Larva vs Larviparous - What's the difference?

larva | larviparous |


As a noun larva

is mask.

As an adjective larviparous is

(zoology) depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.

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 vs Leptiform - What's the difference?

larva | leptiform |


As a noun larva

is mask.

As an adjective leptiform is

(zoology) having a form somewhat like leptus; said of active insect larvae with three pairs of legs.

Larva vs Hemimetabolic - What's the difference?

larva | hemimetabolic |


As a noun 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.

As an adjective hemimetabolic is

having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.

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