EGAVE

imago

About 0.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

queen subimago morphostage instar postabdomen entomere imaginal disc seminymph metasoma cocoon

Often followed by

dei mundi of is and in publishing or state

Word family

imagines imagoes

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