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larva meaning in Kannada

ಮರಿಹುಳು

UK/ˈlɑː.və//ˈlɑɹ.və/

larva in Kannada: ಮರಿಹುಳು. In English, larva 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.

Kannada words for larva

ಮರಿಹುಳು

English meaning of larva

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun An animal in the aforementioned stage.
  3. noun A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
  4. noun A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.

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Questions about larva in Kannada

What is the meaning of larva in Kannada?
Larva in Kannada is ಮರಿಹುಳು.
larva ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Larva: ಮರಿಹುಳು.
What does larva mean in English?
Larva 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.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: larva (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: larva (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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