a. [ad. mod.L. larvāt-us, f. larva a mask: see -ATE2 2. Cf. F. larvé.] Masked, covered as by a mask.
1846. Buchanan, Technol. Dict., Larvate, masked; applied in entomology.
1848. Maunder, Treas. Nat. Hist., 791. Larvate, masked, as a larva or caterpillar.
1888. Syd. Soc. Lex.