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The Clue

Insect stage (5 letter answer)

The Answer

LARVA

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Notes

The answer LARVA is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.

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Definition

LARVA as a noun:

1. the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose