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subimagines

subimagines is the plural of subimago.

Meaning of subimago

Noun

subimago (plural subimagos or subimagoes or subimagines)

  1. A stage in the development of certain insects, intermediate between pupa and imago, during which the insect can fly but must shed a skin before becoming mature.
    • Subimago, Fem.—Dull piceous: antennæ black: abdomen more than twice the length of the thorax: setæ brownish testaceous, mutilated: legs dull testaceous; fore-legs brown: wings gray; veins black, not strongly marked.1853, Francis Walker, Catalogue of the Specimens of Neuropterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, page 538
    Synonyms:
    pseudimago, dun

Questions about subimagines

What is subimagines the plural of?
Subimagines is the plural of subimago.

Words near subimagines in the dictionary

  1. subiliac
  2. subilium
  3. subimage
  4. subimages
  5. subimaginal
  6. subimagines
  7. subimago
  8. subimagoes
  9. subimagos
  10. subimbricate
  11. subimbricated

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