combining form of L. larva, LARVA. Larvicide [-CIDE 1], a preparation adapted to kill larvæ; also attrib. or adj. So Larvicidal a. Larvicolous a. [L. col-ĕre to inhabit: see -OUS], living in the body of larvæ (Mayne, Expos. Lex., 1855). Larviform a. [-FORM], having the form of a larva. Larvigerous a. [-GEROUS], bearing or containing larvæ. Larviparous a. [L. par-ĕre to bring forth: see -OUS], (a) producing young in the condition of larvæ, (b) produced in the form of larvæ.
1900. Brit. Med. Jrnl., No. 2041. 305. A cheap *larvicidal substance … not injurious to the growth of the rice plants. Ibid., 325. The *larvicides are intended to be used for the destruction of mosquito larvæ and pupæ in pools and ditches. Ibid. Professor Celli showed experiments at the Institute of Hygiene with certain insecticide and larvicide substances.
1848. Maunder, Treas. Nat. Hist., 791. *Larviform, shaped like a larva.
1891. C. L. Morgan, Anim. Life, 223. The females of certain beetles … are described by Professor Riley as larviform.
1884. Stand. Nat. Hist. (1888), II. 428. When ready to change into the *larvigerous pupæ they [the maggots of the bot-fly] dislodge themselves.
1815. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., I. 103. So Aristotle employs it, when he says that all insects produce a Scolex, or are *larviparous. Ibid. (1826), III. 65. Larviparous, coming forth from the matrix in the state of larvæ.
1858. Lewes, Sea-side Studies, 285. The viviparous or larviparous generation effects a multiplication of the plant-lice adequate to keep pace with the rapid growth and increase of the vegetable kingdom in spring and summer.
