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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
2: an adult insect produced after metamorphosis

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural imagoes or imagines) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, image Date: circa 1797 1. an insect in its final, adult, sexually mature, and typically winged state 2. an idealized mental image of another person or the self

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os or imagines) 1 the final and fully developed stage of an insect after all metamorphoses, e.g. a butterfly or beetle. 2 Psychol. an idealized mental picture of oneself or others, esp. a parent. Etymology: mod.L sense of imago IMAGE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Imago I*ma"go, n.; pl. Imagoes. [L. See Image.] 1. An image. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.