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larva
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A distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva ]
Term info
Label
larva
Synonyms
- larval organism
Subsets
uberon_slim
editor note
TODO discriminate between stages and organisms
external definition
Whole organism that is premetamorphic or a very immature individual.[TAO]
has narrow synonym
tadpole, naiad, zoea, grub, planula, caterpillar, wriggler, trochophore, glochidium, veliger, bipinnaria, ammocoete, leptocephalus, nymph, maggot
has obo namespace
uberon
has relational adjective
larval
id
UBERON:0002548
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