noun.
An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.
noun.
An often idealized image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In entomology, the final, perfect stage or state of an insect, after it has undergone all its transformations and become capable of reproduction.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
An image.
noun.
The final adult, and usually winged, state of an insect. See Illust. of Ant-lion, and Army worm.