ličinka
1. larva, ličinka
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 [ne zreli prost živeči stadij večine nevretenčarjev in vodnih živali, ki se po izvalitvi iz jajčeca bistveno razlikuje od starševske oblike in se nato preobrazi]
2. žerka, ličinka
a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects [mehka, debela, črvičasta ličinka nekaterih hroščev in drugih žuželk]
3. ličinka, črv, črviček
the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter [Ličinka navadne muhe in musice, ki se pogosto nahaja v gnijoči organski snovi.]