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- Latin · borrowed fromlarva“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”
- English todaylarva
From Latin larva (“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
larva
Today it means: An early stage of growth for insects and some amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish. Full definition →
Latin larva