Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn 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. · An animal in the aforementioned stage. · A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage. · A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
From Latin larva (“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionlarvala · disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin
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