e·clo·sion ( -kl  zh n)n. The emergence of an adult insect from a pupal case or an insect larva from an egg. [French éclosion, from éclore, to open, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *exclaudere, to shut out : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin claudere, to shut.] |
eclosion [ɪˈkləʊʒən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the emergence of an insect larva from the egg or an adult from the pupal case
[from French éclosion, from éclore to hatch, ultimately from Latin exclūdere to shut out, exclude]
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