imago

[ih-mey-goh, ih-mah-] /ɪˈmeɪ goʊ, ɪˈmɑ-/
noun, plural imagoes, imagines
[ih-mey-guh-neez, ih-mah-] /ɪˈmeɪ gəˌniz, ɪˈmɑ-/ (Show IPA)
1.
Entomology. an adult insect.
2.
Psychoanalysis. an idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.
Origin
1790-1800; < Neo-Latin, Latin imāgō; see image
British Dictionary definitions for imago

imago

/ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/
noun (pl) imagoes, imagines (ɪˈmædʒəˌniːz)
1.
an adult sexually mature insect produced after metamorphosis
2.
(psychoanal) an idealized image of another person, usually a parent, acquired in childhood and carried in the unconscious in later life
Word Origin
C18: New Latin, from Latin: likeness; see image
Word Origin and History for imago
n.

1797, from Latin imago "image" (see image).

imago in Medicine

imago i·ma·go (ĭ-mā'gō, ĭ-mä'-)
n. pl. i·ma·goes or i·ma·gi·nes (-gə-nēz')

  1. An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.

  2. An often idealized image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood.

  3. See archetype.

imago in Science
imago
(ĭ-mā'gō)
Plural imagoes or imagines (ĭ-mā'gə-nēz')
An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis. Compare larva, nymph, pupa.