Larval (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Relating to or typical of a larva; "the larval eye".
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The caterpillar's larval stage was marked by a voracious appetite for leaves and stems.
- In the larval phase, the insect's body is soft and worm-like, with no discernible limbs.
- The scientist studied the larval development of the frog, observing the transformation from egg to tadpole.
- The larval eye of the butterfly is a simple light-sensitive organ that helps guide the caterpillar's movements.
- During its larval stage, the bee is fed a diet of royal jelly and pollen by the worker bees.
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Meaning 2
Immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage".
Classification
All adjective clusters.