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larval
01
immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage
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relational
ungradable
02
relating to or characteristic of the larva stage, which is an early, immature form of an animal that undergoes metamorphosis
Examples
The butterfly's larval stage is spent as a caterpillar before it transforms into a chrysalis.
