Larvæ.

Mischievous spectres. The larva or ghost of Caligula was often seen (according to Suetonius) in his palace.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Larboard
Larceny
Larder
Larēs
Large
Larigot
Lark
Larks
Larry Dugan’s Eye-water
Lars
Larvæ
Lascar
Last. (Anglo-Saxon lást, a footstep, a shoemaker’s last.)
Last Man (The)
Last Man
Last Words
Last of the Fathers
Last of the Goths
Last of the Greeks
Last of the Knights
Last of the Mohicans