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)

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

Translations

emergence from pupa or egg

• Finnish: kuoriutuminen (fi)
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• Japanese: 羽化 (うか, uka), 孵化 (ja) (ふか, fuka)

Anagrams

• colonies, colonise