Definitions for eclosionɪˈkloʊ ʒən
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
e•clo•sionɪˈkloʊ ʒən(n.)
the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
Category: Entomology
the hatching of a larva from its egg.
Category: Entomology
Origin of eclosion:
1885–90; < F éclosion, der. of éclos, ptp. of éclore to hatch
Wiktionary
eclosion(Noun)
The emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg
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