Larval

Definitions: Larval

Larval

Adjective

1. Immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage".

2. Relating to or typical of a larva; "the larval eye".

Date "larval" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references)

Etymology: Larval \Lar"val\, adjective. [Latin expression larvalis ghostly. See Larva.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Larval

English words defined with "larval": Acephalocyst, Actinotrocha, Ambystoma mexicanum, amphibiotic, Anthrenus, axolotl ♦ Bagworm, Bean weevil, Bee fly, Brachiolaria ♦ Cabbage beetle, Cabbage butterfly, Cabbage fly, Cane borer, Carpet beetle, Carpet bug, chigger, Cilia, Coarctate pupa, Codling moth, Coenurus, Colorado beetle, Colorado potato beetle, conceptus, Corn fly, Cotton worm, Cuckoo bee, Cystic worm, Cysticercus ♦ dayfly ♦ echinococcosis, Egg parasite, embryo, Encystment ♦ fertilized egg, fruit fly ♦ Gastraea, Gid, Glass-crab, Grape curculio, Grape moth ♦ harvest mite, Hop moth, hydatid disease, hydatidosis ♦ jigger ♦ Larvalia, larvicide, leaf miner, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Locust beetle, Longicornia ♦ mayfly, Metanauplius, mud puppy ♦ Necrophagan, Negro fly, Nut weevil ♦ Pack moth, Paedogenesis, Paedogenetic, polliwog, pollywog, Polyeidic, potato beetle, potato bug, prepupal, Proscolex, pupal, Pupiparous ♦ redbug ♦ scrub typhus, semiaquatic, shadfly, Siredon, Sporocyst, Sporosac, Strepsiptera, Stylops ♦ tadpole, Tetranychus irritans, Timber worm, Trochosphere, tsutsugamushi disease ♦ urochord ♦ Veliger ♦ Zoea. (references)

Specialty definitions using "larval": biochemical larval control ♦ Diphyllobothrium ♦ egg-larva, Eye Infections, Parasitic ♦ first-instar larva ♦ Glue Proteins, Drosophila ♦ heads down ♦ Mesocestoides, munchkin ♦ pork cysticercosis, pork measles ♦ sheep measles, Sparganum, Spirometra ♦ terminal junkie, troglodyte mode ♦ wheel wars. (references)

Etymologies containing "larval": Larvalia. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Larval" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (larval), Portuguese (larval), Spanish (larval).

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Modern Usage: Larval

Domain	Usage
Clever	Lawyer (n): Larval stage of politician. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Larval

Domain	Title
Books	An Identification Guide to the Larval Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest (reference) Broodstock Management and Egg and Larval Quality (reference) Larval fish and shellfish transport through inlets (reference) Skeletal musculature in larval phases of the beetle Epicauta segmenta (Coleoptera, Meloidae) (reference) Tenth Annual Larval Fish Conference (Symposium Series No 2) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Larval [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Larval

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Photo Album: Larval

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Seagrass extending offshore from mangrove shoreline Red algae covering seagrass is particularly important as chemical cue for larval settlement of spiny lobster post-larvae.Credit: America's Coastlines.		Deploying a plankton net in a kelp forest to collect larval fish.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Installing a 1/4 square meter grid for counting invertebrate species attaching to interior, roof of pipe. This location was a distinct habitat type ideal for larval settlement of oysters, sponges, bryozoa, and tunicates.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.		Black-tailed Deer Larval Infestation.Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Larval

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In their larval and nymphal stages, they are no bigger than a pinhead. (references)
		These measures were targeted at both the larval and adult stages of the insect. (references)
		The larval stage of the Anopheles mosquito thrives in still waters, such as in swamps. (references)
Trade	Nicaragua	GON regulations currently prohibit the export of reproductive-phase and under-sized lobsters, larval shrimp, and control the export of wildlife/wildlife products. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Larval

"Larval" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.37% of the time. "Larval" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	97.37%	74	38,813
Noun (proper)	1.32%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	1.32%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	76	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Larval

Expressions using "larval": biochemical larval control ♦ larval stage. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "larval": larval-stage.
	Ending with "larval": post-larval.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Larval

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
larval	4
larval recruitment	4
larval migrans visceral	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Larval

Language		Translations for "larval"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		larvor, e fjetur. (various references)

Arabic		‏يرقي, ‏يرقاني (icteric). (various references)

Bulgarian		гъсеничен (caterpillar, crawler), ларвовиден. (various references)

Chinese		幼虫 (GRUB, grubs, larva, Larvae, Larvas). (various references)

Danish		larvestadium (larval instar, larval stage). (various references)

Dutch		larvestadium (larval stage), larvaal stadium (larval stage), kunstmatige chemische bestrijdingsmaatregel (artificial chemical control measures, biochemical larval control), afdrijven van larven (larval drift). (various references)

Finnish		toukkavaihe (larval instar, larval stage), toukka-aste (larval stage), biokemiallinen toukantorjunta (artificial chemical control measures, biochemical larval control). (various references)

French		larvaire, larvé. (various references)

German		Raupen (caterpillars, grubs). (various references)

Greek		καμπήσ. (various references)

Hebrew		זחלי (caterpillar). (various references)

Hungarian		lappangó (latent, potential, smouldering), lárva alakú. (various references)

Italian		larvale, di larva. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		幼�"�器官 (larval organ). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ようせいきか�" (larval organ). (various references)

Manx		laarvagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		arvallay

Portuguese		larval, mascarado (disguising, masked, Mummery), berne (cloth, hypoderma, warble fly). (various references)

Romanian		larvar. (various references)

Russian		скрытый (arcane, clandestine, concealed, covert, cryptic, delitescent, dormant, esoteric, hidden, in disguise, inside, latent, masked, obscure, occult, offstage, quiet, secret, stealthy, supressed, ulterior), личиночный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		larvin. (various references)

Spanish		larval. (various references)

Swedish		larv-. (various references)

Turkish		larva ile ilgili, larva (larva). (various references)

Vietnamese		lúc còn trứng nước. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Larval

Misspellings
	"Larval" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Garvald, labral, larav, larv, laval, Lavale, lavals, Lavault, lavra, Linval, Litvak, loval, lurvely, qaryal. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Larval"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "larval" (pronounced lÄ"rvul)
5	-Ä" r v u l	arval, marvel.
3	-v u l	anvil, approval, archival, arrival, bedevil, bevel, carnival, civil, daredevil, devil, disapproval, dishevel, drivel, evil, festival, gavel, gravel, grovel, hovel, interval, level, medieval, multilevel, naval, navel, novel, oval, primeval, Ravel, removal, retrieval, revel, revival, rival, servile, shovel, shrivel, survival, swivel, travel, uncivil, unravel, upheaval, weevil.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Larval

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-l-l-r-v"
	-1 letter: arval, larva.
	-2 letters: alar, lava, vara.
	-3 letters: aal, ala, all, ava, lar, lav, var.
	-4 letters: aa, al, ar, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-l-l-r-v"
	+2 letters: alveolar, lavalier, valvular.
	+3 letters: alveolars, lavaliere, lavaliers, varicella.
	+4 letters: alleviator, alveolarly, cavalierly, clavicular, labiovelar, larvicidal, lavalieres, lavalliere, revealable, vacillator, vallecular, varicellas.
	+5 letters: adverbially, alleviators, avuncularly, labiovelars, lavallieres, vacillators.
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