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Imaginal disks
(redirected from Imaginal disc)

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(Zool.) masses of hypodermic cells, carried by the larvæ of some insects after leaving the egg, from which masses the wings and legs of the adult are subsequently formed.

See also: Imaginal



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Former principal dancer Julia Adam raised hopes with imaginal disc, a twelve-dancer romp to a neo-baroque score by the congenial Matthew Pierce; Adam's reputation for quirky, if not subversive, movement survived in her Irish dance steps for the men and conga line for the women.
During metamorphosis, nearly all the larval cells are replaced by cells arising from structures called imaginal discs.
 
 
 
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