(entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.

A family unit consisting of a parent or parents and their children.

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there. / A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.

(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

(photography) Any undesired image appearing at the image plane of an optical system; either a false image of the desired object, or an out-of-focus image of a bright source of light in the field of the optical system.

(computing) A copy of all the contents of a hard drive, used as a backup.

(physics) Of two or more liquids that are not mutually soluble: unmixable.

An image or metaphor that runs throughout and determines the form or nature of a literary work.

(countable, uncountable) Time that extends beyond memory or record. / (UK law, uncountable) Time before 6 July 1189.