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eclosion
[ ih-kloh-zhuhn ]
/ ÉȘËkloÊ ÊÉn /
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noun Entomology.
the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
the hatching of a larva from its egg.
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ecliptic latitude, ecliptic longitude, eclogite, eclogue, Eclogues, eclosion, ECM, ecmnesia, ECMO, eco, ecoanxiety
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How to use eclosion in a sentence
The chrysalids under the sod, their eclosion time completed, were coming into their ownâbringing perfection with them.
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British Dictionary definitions for eclosion
eclosion
/ (ÉȘËklÉÊÊÉn) /
noun
the emergence of an insect larva from the egg or an adult from the pupal case
Word Origin for eclosion
C19: from French éclosion, from éclore to hatch, ultimately from Latin exclƫdere to shut out, exclude
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