a. [ad. mod.L. larvāt-us, f. larva a mask: see -ATE2 2. Cf. F. larvé.] Masked, covered as by a mask.

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1846.  Buchanan, Technol. Dict., Larvate, masked; applied in entomology.

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1848.  Maunder, Treas. Nat. Hist., 791. Larvate, masked, as a larva or caterpillar.

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1888.  Syd. Soc. Lex.

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