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.

Related terms

• eclose
• posteclosion

Translations

emergence from pupa or egg

• Czech: líhnutí n
• 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

• colonies, colonise