eclosion

[ih-kloh-zhuhn]

noun

Entomology.

1. the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.

2. the hatching of a larva from its egg.

eclosion

/ ɪˈkləʊʒən /

noun

1. the emergence of an insect larva from the egg or an adult from the pupal case

Word History and Origins

Origin of eclosion¹

1885–90; < French éclosion, equivalent to éclos (past participle of éclore to hatch < Vulgar Latin *exclaudēre, for Latin exclūdēre to hatch, exclude ) + -ion -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of eclosion¹

C19: from French éclosion, from éclore to hatch, ultimately from Latin exclūdere to shut out, _exclude

Example Sentences

Recordings were performed on adult females 7days after eclosion using an established optics setup.

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Flies were collected within ~8 h after eclosion without using CO2 anaesthesia.

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Recordings were performed on adult female flies 5 days after eclosion, except that 7-day flies were used in UAS-rpr experiments, and flies 24–36h after eclosion were used in UAS-TNT experiments because TNT-expressing ORNs began to lose spike activities in older flies.

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Flies were tested 24–32h after eclosion after ~24h starvation.

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Female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes were used ~4 days after eclosion.

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