larval

English

larval Cossus cossus

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɹvəl/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)vəl

Adjective

larval

1. Of or relating to larvae:
   1. Being a larva.
   2. Characteristic of larvae.
   3. Having the form or shape of a larva.
2. (pathology) Undeveloped, latent.
3. (by extension) Immature, childlike.
   • 2023 July 12 (last accessed), “Wheel Wars”, in The Jargon File‎:

     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

• larval food plant

 

Translations

of or relating to a larva or larvae, being a larva, larval-like, undeveloped

Catalan: larval (ca), larvari German: larval, larvenähnlich, larvenartig Polish: larwalny (pl) Spanish: larvario Volapük: (♂♀) larvatik, (♂) hilarvatik, (♀) jilarvatik, larvatasümik, larvatafomik

Anagrams

• arvall, vallar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [lərˈbal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [lərˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [laɾˈval]

Adjective

larval m or f (masculine and feminine plural larvals)

1. larval

   Synonym: larvari

Related terms

• larva

Further reading

• “larval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “larval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɾˈbal/ [laɾˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: lar‧val

Adjective

larval m or f (masculine and feminine plural larvales)

1. larval

   Synonym: larvario

Related terms

• larva

 

Further reading

• “larval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10