Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An imperfect or incompleted winged stage in certain pseudoneuropterous and neuropterous insects, succeeding the pupa, and preceding the imago. Also called
pseudimago .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also
pseudimago .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
stage in thedevelopment of certaininsects ,intermediate betweenpupa andimago , during which the insect canfly but mustshed askin before becomingmature .
Etymologies
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sub- + imago
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Examples
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The subimago is covered with tiny water-repellent hairs that make it almost waterproof.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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At the end of their development, juveniles swim to the surface where they moult into a sexually immature subimago stage.
Insecta (Aquatic) 2008
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Perhaps the subimago in this genus of Ephemerids, as in certain others, is the permanent aerial state of the female.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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