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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage;
- Example: "larval societies"
- Example: "larval crayfishes"
- Example: "the larval stage"

2. relating to or typical of a larva;
- Example: "the larval eye"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

larval \lar"val\ (l[aum]r"val), a. [L. larvalis ghostly. See Larva.] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a larva. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

larval adj 1: immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage" 2: relating to or typical of a larva; "the larval eye"