Meanings
- Of or relating to larvae:
- Being a larva.
- Characteristic of larvae.
- Having the form or shape of a larva.
- medicineUndeveloped, latent.
- broadlyImmature, childlike.
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.
2023 July 12 (last accessed), “Wheel Wars”, in The Jargon File
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveimmature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan larval, larvari
- larvalof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
- larvariof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
German larval, larvenähnlich
- larvalof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
- larvenähnlichof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
- larvenartigof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
Polish larwalny
- larwalnyof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
Spanish larvario
- larvarioof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
larval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/larval
“larval.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/larval. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “larval,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/larval.
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