larval Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite 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. adjective relating to or typical of a larva
    • the larval eye

WordNet

Lar"val adjective
Etymology
L. larvalis ghostly. See Larva.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a larva.

Webster 1913