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Erstwhile Larva Crossword Clue

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noun

• (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood

• an adult insect produced after metamorphosis

39%6Erstwhile
adjective

• referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

noun

• the first of two or the first mentioned of two

adjective satellite

• belonging to some prior time

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• belonging to the distant past

39%8 A word meaning 'erstwhile'
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New York Times14 Apr 1996 Down 86
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