Larva

(noun.) the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.

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• The Ebers papyr us shows that the Egyptians knew of the development of the beetle from the egg, of the blow-fly from the larva, and of the frog from the tadpole. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In some cases, however, the mature animal must be considered as lower in the scale than the larva, as with certain parasitic crustaceans. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Important changes in the embryo or larva will probably entail changes in the mature animal. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Here he looks to find a tiny particle of the demolished larva, ofttimes not more than a speck of moisture. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• They are incapable of making their own nests, or of feeding their own larvae. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• In England the masters alone usually leave the nest to collect building materials and food for themselves, their slaves and larvae. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Both in Switzerland and England the slaves seem to have the exclusive care of the larvae, and the masters alone go on slave-making expeditions. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• This philosophical naturalist, I may add, has also shown that the muscles in the larvae of certain insects are far from uniform. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• In most cases, however, the larvae, though active, still obey, more or less closely, the law of common embryonic resemblance. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Cases can even be given of the larvae of allied species, or groups of species, differing more from each other than do the adults. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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