larval
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Lerva.jpeg/220px-Lerva.jpeg)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑɹvəl/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vəl
Adjective
[edit]larval
- Of or relating to larvae:
- Being a larva.
- Characteristic of larvae.
- Having the form or shape of a larva.
- (pathology) Undeveloped, latent.
- (by extension) Immature, childlike.
- 2023 July 12 (last accessed), “Wheel Wars”, in The Jargon File[1]:
- A period in larval stage during which student hackers hassle each other by attempting to log each other out of the system, delete each other's files, and otherwise wreak havoc, usually at the expense of the lesser users.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
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Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]larval m or f (masculine and feminine plural larvals)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “larval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “larval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “larval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “larval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]larval m or f (masculine and feminine plural larvales)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “larval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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