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    3. 幼生

    幼生

    幼よう生せい

    larva

    KMT10News #44+1Noun, Adjective, ParticleAnimalsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    ようせい

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    larva, larvae

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    Speed1.0x

    蝶ちょうの幼よう生せいは芋イモ虫ムシだ。

    A butterfly's larva is a caterpillar.

    KMT6AnimalsScience & Math
    カエルの幼よう生せいはオタマジャクシとして知しられている。

    A frog's larva is known as a tadpole.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math
    昆こん虫ちゅうの幼よう生せい期きは、成せい虫ちゅうとは異ことなる形けい態たいと生せい態たいを持もつことが多おおい。

    The larval stage of insects often has different forms and ecologies than the adult stage.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math
    水すい生せい昆こん虫ちゅうの幼よう生せいは、水すい中ちゅうで生せい活かつする。

    The larvae of aquatic insects live in water.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    蚊かの幼よう生せいはボウフラと呼よばれ、水みずたまりなどで見みられる。

    Mosquito larvae are called "bouflas" and can be seen in puddles and such.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    幼
    おさな.い…(3)
    infancy・childhood
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
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