幼よう生せい

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

larva; larvae

Biological term for the early, often immature, form of an animal that undergoes metamorphosis. Used as a noun or adjectivally with な or の.

• カエルの幼よう生せいはオタマジャクシと呼よばれる。

  The larva of a frog is called a tadpole.

• この虫むしは幼よう生せいの段だん階かいで冬ふゆを越こす。

  This insect overwinters in the larval stage.