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imago

/ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/US/ɪˈmeɪɡoʊ/

imago noun: the final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.

Noun

imago (plural imagines or imagos or imagoes)

  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?’1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise
  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.

imago meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Indonesian

imago in Tamil

முதிர்து, முதிர்பூச்சி, விம்பம்

imago in Urdu

imago
اتم روپ atam rūp

imago in Indonesian

development stage of an insect
imago

Forms of imago

pluralimagines
pluralimagos
pluralimagoes

Plural of imago: imagines or imagos

Origin of imago

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

Words formed from imago

Questions about imago

What does imago mean?
Imago means the final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
What is imago in Tamil?
Imago in Tamil is முதிர்து, முதிர்பூச்சி, விம்பம். See Imago meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is imago?
Imago is a noun.
How do you pronounce imago?
Imago is pronounced /ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of imago?
The plural of imago is imagines.

Words near imago in the dictionary

  1. imagisms
  2. imagist
  3. imagistic
  4. imagistically
  5. imagists
  6. imago
  7. imago clipeata
  8. imago Dei
  9. imagocidal
  10. imagocide
  11. imagoes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: imago (page history and authors); imago (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اتم روپ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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