larvae

The ancestors of these very helpless creatures lived, I have remarked, in the sea; and we may be pretty certain that their eggs are hatched out into what we call larvae, or imperfectly developed animals, precisely similar to the young, or larvae, of the marine mussel of our seas.

Chatterbox, 1906 Various 1873

Scientists had seen it in larvae form before, but not in its full-blown glory until it was filmed at depth.

Census Of Marine Life: Decade-Long International Effort Completed, Shows Connectedness Of Oceanic Creatures Across The World AP 2010

Scientists had seen it in larvae form before, but not in its full-blown glory until it was filmed at depth.

Census Of Marine Life: Decade-Long International Effort Completed, Shows Connectedness Of Oceanic Creatures Across The World AP 2010

This is an infection that occurs when people eat wild mushrooms or domesticated pigs which contain larvae of the worm called trichinella.

8 Common Foodborne Illnesses And Their Symptoms - The Consumerist 2008

It's a killer little shirt - it says, "I'm one of them!" and it's got a funny little design that looks suspiciously like a "personal massager" in larvae form.

Needley Needley Needley fenrah 2006

-- As he got out the word larvae, a faint sense of the ridiculous seemed to take hold of the Scarabee, and for the first and only time during my acquaintance with him a slight attempt at a smile showed itself on his features.

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

-- As he got out the word larvae, a faint sense of the ridiculous seemed to take hold of the Scarabee, and for the first and only time during my acquaintance with him a slight attempt at a smile showed itself on his features.

The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

They open the bodybag to find larvae pouring out of the chest of the corpse, and Bishop realizes the larvae are the young of the creature they are hunting.

Archive 2009-04-01 Fred Perry 2009

They open the bodybag to find larvae pouring out of the chest of the corpse, and Bishop realizes the larvae are the young of the creature they are hunting.

Small Fringe Rant Fred Perry 2009

That chilled Thian more than the prospect of someone trying to destroy the most important alien artefact - if one could so term the larvae - that had yet been found.

Damia's Children McCaffrey, Anne 1993