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larvae

English

Alternative forms

  • larvas
  • larvæ

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?l??.vi?/
  • (US) enPR: lär?v?, IPA(key): /?l??.vi/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?l??.ve?/
  • Rhymes: -??(r)vi

Noun

larvae

  1. plural of larva

Anagrams

  • Alvear, Avelar, Valera, Varela, lavrae

Latin

Noun

l?rvae

  1. nominative plural of l?rva
  2. genitive singular of l?rva
  3. dative singular of l?rva
  4. vocative plural of l?rva

References

  • larvae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • larvae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • larvae in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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  • what larvae eat milkweed

caterpillar

English

Alternative forms

  • caterpiller (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pil?sa.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kæt??p?l?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?kæt??p?l?/

Noun

caterpillar (plural caterpillars)

  1. The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm
  2. A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler
  3. (mathematics) A set of subtrees of a tree

Synonyms

  • (moth or butterfly larva): leafworm

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • pillar

caterpillar From the web:

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  • what caterpillars turn into moths
  • what caterpillar is this
  • what caterpillars are poisonous in florida
  • what caterpillars sting
  • what caterpillars eat dill
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