larva

Worm-like developmental stage(s) of an insect or helminth.

Specific

cercaria coracidium cysticercoid filariform larva hexacanth (oncosphere) maggot metacercaria miracidium plerocercoid procercoid rhabditiform larva sparganum sporocyst

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995