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n. An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.

n. Psychology An often idealized image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood.

n. The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.

n. An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.

n. An image.

n. The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.

n. In entomology, the final, perfect stage or state of an insect, after it has undergone all its transformations and become capable of reproduction.

n. an adult insect produced after metamorphosis

n. (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood

"In psychoanalysis, the term imago is an unconscious prototype of personae, the imago determines the way in which the subject apprehends others."

insect    paradigm    epitome    image    prototype   

imagines    imagoes    ant-lion    armyworm   

image   

armati    melioris    ueritatem    integritatem    pupa    marchisi    chrysalis    cicada    fallit    adit