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ECLOSION

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e⋅clo⋅sion

  [i-kloh-zhuhn]
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–noun Entomology.
1. the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
2. the hatching of a larva from its egg.
Origin:
1885–90; < F éclosion, equiv. to éclos (ptp. of éclore to hatch < VL *exclaudēre, for L exclūdēre to hatch, exclude ) + -ion -ion
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e·clo·sion   (ĭ-klō'zhən)   
n.  The emergence of an adult insect from a pupal case or an insect larva from an egg.

[French éclosion, from éclore, to open, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *exclaudere, to shut out : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin claudere, to shut.]
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