eclosion

See also: eclosión and éclosion

English

Eclosion of a luna moth from pupa (in silk cocoon)

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Etymology

From French éclosion.

Noun

eclosion (countable and uncountable, plural eclosions)

  1. (biology) The emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.

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