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larvae

noun

variants also larvas

plural of larva

as in nymphs

a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects the larva looked ugly, but it was destined to hatch into a beautiful butterfly

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nymphs

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Circe, the poem’s speaker, instructs the nymphs in a recipe for cooking pork.

— Bailey Sincox, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
And the ocean nymphs try out this wonder on more plants, and are delighted that the same thing happens at its touch, and repeat it by scattering the seeds from the plants through the waves.

— Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026

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