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Imaginal
Im-ag′i-nal
,Adj.
[L.
imaginalis
.] 1.
Characterized by imagination; imaginative; also, given to the use or rhetorical figures or imagins.
2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to an imago.
Imaginal disks
(Zool.)
, masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvæ of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed.
Definition 2024
imaginal
imaginal
English
Adjective
imaginal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image.
- Of or relating to the insect imago.
Derived terms
- imaginal disk / imaginal disc