larva

1. Roman Mythology A malevolent spirit of the dead; a lemur.

2. The newly hatched, earliest stage of any of various animals that undergo metamorphosis, differing markedly in form and appearance from the adult.

3. The newly hatched, wingless, often wormlike form of many insects before metamorphosis.

4. The immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects, alters chiefly in size while passing through several molts, and is finally transformed into a pupa or chrysalis from which the adult emerges.

5. The early form of an animal (as a frog or sea urchin) that at birth or hatching is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose before assuming the adult characters.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
alvar	8	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aa	2
al	2
ar	2
la	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aal	3
ala	3
ava	6
lar	3
lav	6
var	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alar	4
lava	7
vara	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
alvar	8
arval	8
larva	8