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/ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/ · noun
(entomology) 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?’
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Imago means (entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis..
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‘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?’
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