What is the meaning of larval?

adjective

  • Immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage.
    • usage: "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage"
  • Relating to or typical of a larva.
    • usage: "the larval eye"
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