Organisms

Larva

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

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Abstract

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

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Larvae
  • Caterpillar
  • Caterpillars
  • Maggot
  • Maggots
  • Tadpole
  • Tadpoles

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17 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

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

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History Note

74(70)

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Previous Indexing

  • Insects (1966-1969)
  • Metamorphosis, Biological (1966-1969)

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  1. B05.500.500w
  2. G07.345.500w.550w.500.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Larva. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007814. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007814
  2. Larva. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva
  3. Larva. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129270