The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LARVAE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result LARVAE
- We go through Metamorphosis in Latin, a Bible of its age
- Second of Variations Ravel composed for 16 17A?
- Nymphs line a rave dancing?
- Bog area oddly contains river grubs
- Tiny creatures run inside volcanic rock before start of eruption
- The French rave about tadpoles, say
- Pressure from palaver about silkworms, perhaps
- They take silk before becoming high fliers
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The straight part
We know that "silkworms, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case silkworms, perhaps = larvae.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LARVAE mean?
LARVAE noun- An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
- An animal in the aforementioned stage.
- A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.