eclosion

See also: eclosión and éclosion

English

Alternative forms

eclosure

Etymology

From French éclosion.

Noun

eclosion (countable and uncountable, plural eclosions)

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

Related terms

Translations

emergence from pupa or egg

Czech: líhnutí n
Finnish: kuoriutuminen (fi)
German: Schlüpfen (de) n, Ausschlüpfen n
Japanese: 羽化 (ja) (うか, uka), 孵化 (ja) (ふか, fuka)

Further reading

Eclosion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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