eclosion

See also: eclosión and éclosion

English

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

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

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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