Usually means: Immature form of an insect.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word larvae:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. larvae: Merriam-Webster
  2. larvae: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. larvae: Collins English Dictionary
  4. larvae: Vocabulary.com
  5. Larvae, larvae: Wordnik
  6. larvae: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. larvae: Wiktionary
  8. larvae: Dictionary.com
  9. larvae: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Larvae (Roman religion), Larvae: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Larvae: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Larvae: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. larvae: FreeDictionary.org
  14. larvae: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Larvae (Roman religion), Larvae: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. larvae: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Larvae (Roman religion), larvae: Medical dictionary

(Note: See larva as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (larva)

noun:  An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
noun:  An animal in the aforementioned stage.
noun:  A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
noun:  (figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
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