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(entomology) Any of several pairs of discs within the body of a larva that become part of the outside during the pupal stage of holometabolism (complete metamorphosis).

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imaginal disc

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imaginal disc

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(entomology) Any of several pairs of discs within the body of a larva that become part of the outside during the pupal stage of holometabolism (complete metamorphosis).

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完全変態を行う昆虫の幼虫の体内に存在し、蛹期に成虫の外部構造（例えば羽や脚など）に変化する円盤状の組織。

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The biologist carefully dissected the caterpillar to observe the imaginal disc that would later form the butterfly's wing.

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その生物学者は、後に蝶の羽になる幼虫の円盤組織を観察するために毛虫を慎重に解剖した。

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(entomology) Any of several pairs of discs within the body of a larva that become part of the outside during the pupal stage of holometabolism (complete metamorphosis).

The arrangement of the imaginal discs (buds) in situ in the anterior of the larva of P. brassicae has been illustrated by Gonin (1894) and their development has been shown in a series of six diagrams by Mercier in Portier (1949).

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imaginal discs

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