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larva

[lahr-vuh] / ˈlɑr və /
NOUN
caterpillar
Synonyms


NOUN
maggot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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Working with week-old zebrafish larva, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues decoded how the connections formed by a network of neurons in the brainstem guide the fishes' gaze.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

A doctor without firsthand knowledge of Kennedy's medical history told the Times that details described in the deposition pointed to a pork tapeworm larva.

From Salon • May 8, 2024

As the ants start to attack, the larva tenses its muscles and expels a drop of bright red fluid known as hemolymph.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 15, 2024

“That one is a live larva!” said Alex Smith, the lab manager of Colorado Mesa University’s Forensic Investigation Research Station, plucking the larva off the ground and stuffing it into a glass tube.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2024

Every once in a while, a bubble would swell and burst, disgorging a monster like a larva from an egg.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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