imago

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: i=ma=go

CIDE DICTIONARY

imago, n. [L. See Image.].

•  An image.  [1913 Webster]
•  The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

imago, 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