Larva Larva A larva (plural: "larvae" ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The larva's appearance is generally very different from the adult form ("e.g." caterpillars and butterflies) including different unique structures and organs that do not occur in the adult form. Their diet may also be considerably different. Larvae are frequently adapted to environments separate from adults. For example, some larvae such as tadpoles live almost exclusively in aquatic environments, but can live outside water
Toad in the hole Charles Elme Francatelli's 1852 recipe mentions '6"d". or 1"s". worth of any kind of cheap meat. This recipe was described as 'English cooked-again stewed meat' ("lesso rifatto all'inglese") or 'toad in the Hole', in the first book of modern Italian cuisine, which stressed that meat was to be left-over from stews and re-cooked in batter. The dish was originally not called toad in the hole. In the 1787 book "A Provincial Glossary", for example, it was referred to as "meat boiled in a crust". The first mention of the word "hole" appeared in the 1900 publication "Notes & Queries", which