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Imago

//ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.

    "‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’"

  2. 2
    an adult insect produced after metamorphosis wordnet
  3. 3
    An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.
  4. 4
    (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood wordnet

Etymology

From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image. Compare typologically a Russian term for coordinate larva: личи́нка (ličínka) (akin to лик (lik)).

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