Definition: Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.
NIM; only for metamorphosing animals (so correct for tadpoles); do not use /embryol with reference to larvae; maggot is the larval form of a fly
See AlsoImaginal Discs ExamplesCercaria
Other names Maggot; Tadpoles; Maggots; Tadpole; Larvae