单词 | pseudimago |
释义 | pseudimagon.α. 1800s– pseudimago. β. 1900s– pseudo-imago. Chiefly Entomology. Now rare. A form or stage that resembles the adult but is not a true adult; esp. the subimago of a mayfly.In quot. 1851 used with reference to the sexually reproductive stage of salps (tunicates). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > imago > pseudimago pseudimago1834 1834 J. Curtis in London & Edinb. Philos. Mag. 4 120 By Pseudimago I designate the fourth state of the Ephemeridæ. 1839 G. Newport in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 880/2 They shortly alight again and throw off a very delicate membrane.., and then resume their flight with increased activity. The condition of the insect previously to this final change has been called by Mr. Curtis the pseudimago state. 1851 T. H. Huxley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 579 A pseud-imago, which is indeed nothing more, homologically, than a highly individualized generative organ, is developed from the larva. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 167 It is..only a half complete insect, and is termed the pseudimago, or false image. 1926 R. S. Lull Org. Evol. xxvii. 441 This temporary flying condition [in mayflies] is known as the pseudimago stage, and is really comparable to the last nymphal stage in other insects. 1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) iii. 375 The so-called ‘pseudo-imagines’ of Kalotermes flavicollis and Reticulitermes lucifugus..which occasionally appear in colonies recently deprived of their queen, resemble primary reproductives but are not pigmented. DerivativesΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pseudimaginal, pertaining to or having the character of a pseudimago; subimaginal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1834 |
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