eclosion

(ē klōz̸hən)

noun

the emergence of an insect from its egg or from the pupal case

Origin: Fr éclosion < éclore, to hatch, be hatched < OFr esclore < VL *exclaudere, to hatch out, altered (as if < L ex- + claudere, to close) < L excludere to hatch, drive out, exclude

See eclosion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The emergence of an adult insect from a pupal case or an insect larva from an egg.

Origin:

Origin: French éclosion

Origin: , from éclore, to open

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *exclaudere, to shut out

Origin: : Latin ex-, ex-

Origin: + Latin claudere, to shut

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