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The way the toxin gains entry is by activation of Bt’s chitinase which degrades the chitin lining a larva’s digestive tract.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
This was particularly surprising given that a developing zebrafish larva contains just 1 percent or so of the neurons in its adult counterpart.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2025
Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungus is a parasite that targets the caterpillar that is the larva of the ghost moth.
—Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
The worm is the larva of a metallic blue-green fly that spends the early part of its life cycle devouring the living flesh of mammals.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
This was particularly surprising given that a developing zebrafish larva contains just 1 percent or so of the neurons in its adult counterpart.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2025
Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungus is a parasite that targets the caterpillar that is the larva of the ghost moth.
—Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
The worm is the larva of a metallic blue-green fly that spends the early part of its life cycle devouring the living flesh of mammals.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for larva
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Instead of looking for adult mayflies, researchers were searching for aquatic immature mayflies, known as nymphs, and used nets to scoop sand from the riverbed, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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Since then, the nymphs of those periodical cicadas have been underground feeding on tree root tap and waiting to come out, Reall said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Larva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larva. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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