1. (noun) the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

• animal
• animate being
• beast
• brute
• creature
• fauna

1. (noun) the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

• ant lion
• antlion
• doodlebug
• aphid lion
• aphis lion
• ascidian tadpole
• bladder worm
• bot
• caseworm
• caterpillar
• cercaria
• dobson
• hellgrammiate
• grub
• jointworm
• strawworm
• leptocephalus
• mealworm
• nymph
• polliwog
• pollywog
• tadpole
• wiggler
• wriggler
• wireworm

1. (noun) the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

• larval
• larval