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All but one hatch early and cruise the host’s body, killing competing parasites so that the last larva to hatch has a habitat all to itself.
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
In his metaphor, the larva represented the data that had gone into training modern neural nets; the dragonfly stood for the agile A.I. that had been created from it.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
In 60 percent of those nests not a single larva survived, most commonly because of whole-clutch cannibalism: the male had gobbled up hundreds of eggs.
—Carolyn Wilke, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2023
The parasite, a larva of the Ophidascaris robertsi species, had not previously been reported inside a human brain.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
In his metaphor, the larva represented the data that had gone into training modern neural nets; the dragonfly stood for the agile A.I. that had been created from it.
—Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
In 60 percent of those nests not a single larva survived, most commonly because of whole-clutch cannibalism: the male had gobbled up hundreds of eggs.
—Carolyn Wilke, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2023
The parasite, a larva of the Ophidascaris robertsi species, had not previously been reported inside a human brain.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
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“Larva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/larva. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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