eclosion

 [ih-kloh-zhuhn]  

e·clo·sion

   [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.
Origin:
1885–90; < French éclosion, equivalent to éclos (past participle of éclore to hatch < Vulgar Latin *exclaudēre, for Latin exclūdēre to hatch, exclude) + -ion -ion
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eclosion (ɪˈkləʊʒən)
 
—n
the emergence of an insect larva from the egg or an adult from the pupal case
 
[C19: from French éclosion, from éclore to hatch, ultimately from Latin exclūdere to shut out, exclude]

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