English-German translations for larva

• Larve die
  Ich erinnere nur kurz daran, daß der gentechnisch veränderte Mais gegen die Larven eines schädlichen Insekts resistent gemacht worden ist. I will briefly recall the fact that transgenic maize has been made resistant to the larva of a crop-devastating insect.
  Wissenschaftler fanden vor kurzem heraus, dass ebenso, wie der Kabeljau Garnelen frisst, auch Garnelen Kabeljau-Larven fressen. Scientists have recently revealed that, just as the cod fish will eat prawns, prawns eat cod larvae.
• Raupe die

Definition of larva

• An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish
• A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage

Related words

• larval
• larvacean
• larvae
• larva tadpole
• mosquito larva