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eclosion

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e·clo·sion  (-klzhn)
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.]


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The 10-day lag was chosen a priori to represent the average development time from oviposition to eclosion at the New Jersey sites for the mosquito species examined.
Scientists know that a brain peptide called eclosion hormone initiates the events that culminate in this molting, or ecdysis.
The products of conception symbolize life's eclosion, its fruitfulness and unflagging, victorious increase.
 
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