imago

< /ɪˈmeɪ gəˌniz, ɪˈmɑ-/.

1. Entomology. an adult insect.
2. Psychoanalysis. an idealized concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unaltered in adult life.

noun plural imagoes or 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

n.

1797, from Latin imago “image” (see image).

n. pl. i•ma•goes

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. archetype

Plural imagoes imagines (ĭ-mā′gə-nēz′)

1. An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis. Compare larva nymph pupa.