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Screwworm is actually a fly that gets its name from how its larva infects a host.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
The parasite — the larva of the New World screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America and Mexico.
—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
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Adult female flies can lay up to 400 eggs at a time, and each larva in a human patient has to be physically dug out from infected flesh.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
The parasite — the larva of the New World screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America and Mexico.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larva
nymph
Noun
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The title of the show is in reference to the mythical nymph whose voice could only repeat others, which Simkin explores as a parallel for the dancers to repeat choreographic instruction.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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One dying cockroach was found on the floor near the soup area and three dead nymphs on the glue board between the two-compartment sink and the ware washing machine.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Larva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larva. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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