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How to pronounce “larva”
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Pronunciation guide for larva
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of larva with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Exploring The World of Honey Bees
You can see from that egg that it then turns into a larva.
- Definition summary
- An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce larva
Exploring The World of Honey Bees

You can see from that egg that it then turns into a larva.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “larva”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An early stage of growth for some insects and 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.
- (figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
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