larval
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑɹvəl/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vəl
Adjective
editlarval
- Of or relating to larvae:
- Being a larva.
- Characteristic of larvae.
- Having the form or shape of a larva.
- (pathology) Undeveloped, latent.
- (by extension) Immature, childlike.
- 2023 July 12 (last accessed), “Wheel Wars”, in The Jargon File[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped
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Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editlarval m or f (masculine and feminine plural larvals)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “larval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “larval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “larval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “larval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editlarval m or f (masculine and feminine plural larvales)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “larval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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