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Recent Examples of larva
The parasite — the larva of the New World screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America and Mexico.
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Patrick Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
Both beetles and moths go through a four-stage life cycle of egg, larva (grub), pupa, and adult.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal, including humans.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
This particular larva discovered in Taylor was found in time.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
Both beetles and moths go through a four-stage life cycle of egg, larva (grub), pupa, and adult.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
The screwworm is a larva of the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly that can invade the tissues of any warm-blooded animal, including humans.
—Fernando Llano, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
This particular larva discovered in Taylor was found in time.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larva
nymph
Noun
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Jo Sunday is like a forest nymph plucked out of an idyllic wood and thrown onto a Gowanus stage.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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In Ovid’s version of the story, after cutting down a sacred oak, Erysichthon is cursed with insatiable hunger by the dryad nymph who inhabited it.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Larva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larva. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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