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    3. 幼虫

    幼虫

    幼よう虫ちゅう

    larva

    KMT9News #23+1Noun, ParticleAnimalsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ようちゅう

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    larva, grub, maggot

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    蝶ちょうの幼よう虫ちゅうは葉はっぱを食たべます。

    Butterfly larvae eat leaves.

    KMT5AnimalsNature & Environment
    カブトムシの幼よう虫ちゅうは土つちの中なかで育そだちます。

    Beetle larvae grow in the soil.

    KMT9AnimalsNature & Environment
    庭にわで珍めずらしい種しゅ類るいの蛾がの幼よう虫ちゅうを見みつけました。

    I found a larva of a rare type of moth in the garden.

    KMT9AnimalsNature & Environment
    幼よう虫ちゅうは成せい虫ちゅうとは全まったく異ことなる形けい態たいと生せい態たいを持もっています。

    Larvae have completely different forms and ecologies from adult insects.

    KMT9AnimalsScience & MathNature & Environment
    昆こん虫ちゅうの変へん態たい過か程ていにおいて、幼よう虫ちゅう期きは重じゅう要ような成せい長ちょう段だん階かいです。

    In the metamorphosis process of insects, the larval stage is an important growth phase.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    幼
    おさな.い…(3)
    infancy・childhood
    虫
    むし…(3)
    insect・bug・temper
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