LARVA

(Lat.), n. f. La3r'vas(wa3). Fr., larve. Ger., Larve. Lit., a mask. The young of an animal when it a umes a form different from that of its parent, which latter it afterward a umes (e. g., a caterpillar, a tadpole). [L, 147.] LARVA CEO US. LARVAL, adj's. Lar-va's hii's. Ia3r'v'l. Lat., larvaceus. larval is, larvatus (2d def.). Fr., larvaire. larve (2d def.). Ger., larvalisch (1st def.). larvirt (2d def.). 1. Pertaining to or in the state of a larva. 2. Masked. 3. Affecting the face so as to resemble a mask (said of skin diseases). [G.] LARVATE, LARVATEW, aclj's. La3rv'at, -at-ead. Lat., larvatus (from larva, a mask). Fr., larve. Ger., larvig, larvirt. 1. See LARVAL (2d def.). 2. In botany, personate. [B, 123 (a, 35).] [s. 582]