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Definition of Subimagos
1. subimago [n] - See also: subimago
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subimagos
Literary usage of Subimagos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1864)
"I believe that, in certain species, the 9 subimagos of which ordinarily moult,
... so that there can be no doubt that the 9 subimagos commonly moult. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Their sexual immaturity prior to the second molt has led to their being named,
at this stage, subimagos or ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"During the night four subimagos emerged, and the next afternoon the only living
one molted to the imago stage. PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... transformation being such that a real linear function may in that way be
transformed into a real function. subimago (sub'i-ma'go), n. ; pi. subimagos or ..."
5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1906)
"... three days may have had something to do with this coupling of adult males with
subimagos ; for along the shore of the Lough dead Mayflies were literally ..."
6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Their sexual immaturity prior to the second molt has led to their being named,
at this stage, subimagos or ..."
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