larval
US/ˈlɑɹvəl/
larval adjective: being a larva.
Adjective
larval
- Being a larva.
- Characteristic of larvae.
- Having the form or shape of a larva.
- Undeveloped, latent.
- Immature, 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
larval meaning in Tamil
larval in Tamil
- குடம்பிக்குரிய
Examples of larval in a sentence
- The neurites underlying the prototroch are lost after metamorphosis, suggesting that these neurons serve a larval function.
- Larval proctotrupids are mostly parasitoids of litter or rotten wood-inhabiting larvae.
- Others were just larval forms in the sense of Paracelsus, umbratiles, vampires, ghosts.
Words formed from larval
Words that rhyme with larval
Questions about larval
- What does larval mean?
- Larval means being a larva.
- What is larval in Tamil?
- Larval in Tamil is குடம்பிக்குரிய. See Larval meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is larval?
- Larval is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce larval?
- Larval is pronounced /ˈlɑɹvəl/ (US).
Words near larval in the dictionary
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