【来源及含义】Latin: insect in its grub stage; from Latin larva, "mask" and by extension, "ghost", the idea being that an insect in its grub stage is merely a ghost of its future self and bears no resemblance to its future form
【相关词根词缀】;A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": ;aphidi-,api-,ascari-,culci-,Dung Beetle Survival,Dung Beetles Important,Eating Worms,entomo-,formic-,Guinea worms,helmintho-,insecto-,Insects: Importance,isopter-,lepidopter-,meliss-,mosquito,Mosquito, other Languages,Mosquitoes, Pt. 1,Mosquitoes, Pt. 2,myrmeco-,scarab,scoleco-,sphec-,taeni-,termit-,vermo-.
【同源单词】larva, larval, larvate, larvicide, larvicole, larviparous