imago
UK /ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/ US /ɪˈmeɪɡoʊ/
noun 2
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2IMAGO + NOUN
pad
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into, on
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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
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.
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‘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?’
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The insect grew out of a pupa into an imago.
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