See Also: imaginal(medicine)
imaginal(1)(dictionary)
imaginal(2)(dictionary)
imaginal disc(medicine)

imaginal(2) (iou)



imaginal adjective2. L19.
[from Latin imagin- (see IMAGE noun) + -AL1.]
Entomology. Of or pertaining to an insect imago; of the nature of an imago.
imaginal disc any of a number of thickenings of the epidermis in the larvae of holometabolous insects, which on pupation develop into organs of the imago.