The life cycle of an amphibian consists of three stages: egg, larva and adult.
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Larva
//ˈlɑː.və//
Synonyms for "larva" (88 found)
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145 translations across 69 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- larvë noun (a stage of growth)
Arabic
1 entries- يَرَقَة noun (a stage of growth)
Armenian
2 entries- թրթուր noun (a stage of growth)
- թրթուր noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
- sürfə noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡарышлауыҡ noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Belarusian
2 entries- лічы́нка noun (a stage of growth)
- лічы́нка noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Bengali
1 entries- লার্ভা noun (a stage of growth)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ла́рва noun (a stage of growth)
- личи́нка noun (a stage of growth)
- личи́нка noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Burmese
1 entries- ပိုးလောင်း noun (a stage of growth)
Catalan
2 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
- larva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 幼蟲 /幼虫 noun (a stage of growth)
- 幼蟲 /幼虫 noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- qurtçıq noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Czech
2 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
- larva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Danish
1 entries- larve noun (a stage of growth)
Dutch
3 entries- larve noun (a stage of growth)
- larve noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- larvestadium noun (a stage of growth)
Estonian
4 entries- ebaröövik noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- konu noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- kulles noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- maim noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Finnish
4 entries- toukka noun (a stage of growth)
- toukka noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- toukka-aste noun (a stage of growth)
- toukkavaihe noun (a stage of growth)
French
2 entries- larve noun (a stage of growth)
- larve noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Galician
2 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
- larva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Georgian
1 entries- ლარვა noun (a stage of growth)
German
2 entries- Larve noun (a stage of growth)
- Larve noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Greek
2 entries- προνύμφη noun (a stage of growth)
- προνύμφη noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Hebrew
4 entries- זחל noun (a stage of growth)
- לרווה noun (a stage of growth)
- פַּגִּית noun (a stage of growth)
- פגית noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Higaonon
1 entries- olod noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Hindi
2 entries- डिंभ noun (a stage of growth)
- लार्वा noun (a stage of growth)
Hungarian
1 entries- lárva noun (a stage of growth)
Icelandic
2 entries- lirfa noun (a stage of growth)
- lirfa noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Indonesian
1 entries- jentik noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Ingrian
1 entries- toukka noun (a stage of growth)
Japanese
3 entries- 幼生 noun (recently born or hatched)
- 幼虫 noun (a stage of growth)
- 幼虫 noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Kazakh
2 entries- балаңқұрт noun (a stage of growth)
- дернәсіл noun (a stage of growth)
Khmer
2 entries- ដង្កូវ noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- ឌិម្ភា noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Korean
2 entries- 유충 noun (a stage of growth)
- 유충 noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- личинка noun (a stage of growth)
Lao
2 entries- ດ້ວງ noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- ຫນອນ noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Latin
1 entries- larva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Latvian
2 entries- kāpurs noun (a stage of growth)
- kāpurs noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Lithuanian
1 entries- lerva noun (a stage of growth)
Macedonian
2 entries- ларва noun (a stage of growth)
- ларва noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Malay
1 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
Malayalam
2 entries- ലാർവ noun (a stage of growth)
- ലാർവ noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Mongolian
1 entries- авгалдай noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Māori
2 entries- torongū noun (a stage of growth)
- torongū noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- larve noun (a stage of growth)
- larve noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- larve noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Persian
3 entries- شفیره noun (a stage of growth)
- لارو noun (a stage of growth)
- لارو noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Polish
2 entries- larwa noun (a stage of growth)
- larwa noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Portuguese
2 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
- larva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਡਿੰਭ noun (a stage of growth)
- ਲਾਰਵਾ noun (a stage of growth)
Romanian
2 entries- larvă noun (a stage of growth)
- larvă noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Russian
3 entries- личи́нка noun (a stage of growth)
- личи́нка noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- личи́нка noun (recently born or hatched)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lìčīnka noun (a stage of growth)
- lìčīnka noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- lȃrva noun (a stage of growth)
- lȃrva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Slovak
2 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
- larva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Slovene
2 entries- ličinka noun (a stage of growth)
- ličinka noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Spanish
2 entries- larva noun (a stage of growth)
- larva noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Swahili
2 entries- bombwe noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- lava noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Swedish
4 entries- larv noun (a stage of growth)
- larv noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- larvstadie noun (a stage of growth)
- larvstadium noun (a stage of growth)
Tajik
3 entries- кирм noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- кирмак noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- личинка noun (a stage of growth)
Tatar
1 entries- корт noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Thai
2 entries- ตัวอ่อน noun (a stage of growth)
- หนอน noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Turkish
3 entries- kurtçuk noun (a stage of growth)
- kurtçuk noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- larva noun (a stage of growth)
Turkmen
2 entries- gurçuk noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- liçinka noun (a stage of growth)
Ukrainian
2 entries- личи́нка noun (a stage of growth)
- личи́нка noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Urdu
1 entries- لاروا noun (a stage of growth)
Uyghur
1 entries- لېچىنكا noun (a stage of growth)
Uzbek
1 entries- lichinka noun (a stage of growth)
Vietnamese
2 entries- ấu trùng noun (a stage of growth)
- ấu trùng noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Volapük
4 entries- hilarvat noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- jilarvat noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
- larvat noun (a stage of growth)
- larvat noun (an animal in such stage of growth — see also tadpole)
Welsh
2 entries- larfa noun (a stage of growth)
- larfae noun (a stage of growth)
Sample sentences
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When a coral egg and sperm join together as an embryo, they develop into a coral larva, called a planula. Planulae float in the ocean, some for days and some for weeks, before dropping to the ocean floor. Then, depending on seafloor conditions, the planulae may attach to the substrate and grow into a new coral colony at the slow rate of about .4 inches a year.
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Every butterfly has been a larva, but not all larvae will become butterflies.
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Nemesio was rocking a beetle larva in half a nut shell when he noticed the smell of fire.
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