What is the early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape called?
larva — (Zoöl.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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