larval adj 1: immature of its kind; especially being or characteristic of immature insects in the newly hatched wormlike feeding stage; "larval societies"; "larval crayfishes"; "the larval stage" 2: relating to or typical of a larva; "the larval eye"
larval \lar"val\ (l[aum]r"val), a. [L. larvalis ghostly. See {Larva}.] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a larva. [1913 Webster]