larva
noun
Meaning
- nounAn early stage of growth for insects and some amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
- nounAn animal in the aforementioned stage.
- nounA form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Common
- #1,686 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 28% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 4 · Repeated letters: a