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Preferred term

Larva  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Larvae

Note

  • only for metamorphosing animals; do not use /embryol with reference to larvae; maggot is the larval form of a fly

Scope note

  • Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.

History note

  • 74(70)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • hyönteistoukat
  • hyönteistoukka
  • larva
  • larvae
  • toukka
  • Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007814

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