imaginal

[ih-mey-guh-nl, ih-mah-]

adjective Entomology.

of, relating to, or having the form of an imago.

Origin of imaginal

1875–80; < New Latin imāgin-, stem of imāgō imago + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for imaginal

Historical Examples of imaginal

Here the imaginal stage only is omitted from the life-history.
The Life-Story of Insects
Geo. H. Carpenter
Discota: insects in which development of the adults is from imaginal discs: see adiscota.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
Oculocephalic: applied to that pair of imaginal buds destined to produce the cephalic region in Hymenoptera.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
(A. Prorsa-Levana), which, like the genus Pyrameis, is entirely based on imaginal characters.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)
August Weismann
Not the wings only, but other structures of the imago, varying in extent in different orders, are formed from the imaginal discs.
The Life-Story of Insects
Geo. H. Carpenter

British Dictionary definitions for imaginal

imaginal

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling an imago
of or relating to an image

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