word
Larva
LAH-rvuh
/ˈlɑːrvʌ/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
larva
Dictionary meaning
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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