The insect grew out of a pupa into an imago.
Source: tatoeba (45095)
Imago
//ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ//
Synonyms for "imago" (52 found)
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13 translations across 12 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 成蟲 /成虫 noun (development stage of an insect)
Czech
2 entries- dospělec noun (development stage of an insect)
- imago noun (development stage of an insect)
Finnish
1 entries- imago noun (development stage of an insect)
German
1 entries- Vollkerf noun (development stage of an insect)
Indonesian
1 entries- imago noun (development stage of an insect)
Irish
1 entries- iomágó noun (development stage of an insect)
Italian
1 entries- imago noun (development stage of an insect)
Japanese
1 entries- 成虫 noun (development stage of an insect)
Kazakh
1 entries- имаго noun (development stage of an insect)
Polish
1 entries- imago noun (development stage of an insect)
Russian
1 entries- има́го noun (development stage of an insect)
Swedish
1 entries- imago noun (development stage of an insect)
Sample sentences
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The metamorphosis of insects, which I have previously mentioned as one of their most essential attributes, consists of four distinct stages, viz., the Egg, Larva, Pupa, and Imago.
Source: tatoeba (11977504)
‘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?’
Source: wiktionary
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