i|ma|go

i|ma|go «ih MAY goh», noun, plural i|ma|gos, i|mag|i|nes «ih MAJ uh neez».

1. an insect in the final adult, especially winged, stage: »

The embryonic life of insects continues until the formation of the perfect insect, or imago (Scientific American).

2. Psychoanalysis. unconscious childhood concept of a parent or other person, carried over unchanged into adulthood.

╂[< New Latin imago, special use of Latin imāgō, -inis image. See etym. of doublet image. (Cf. ↑image)]