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eclosed

eclosed is the simple past and past participle of eclose.

Meaning of eclose

Verb

eclose (third-person singular simple present ecloses, present participle eclosing, simple past and past participle eclosed)

  1. (intransitive) To give rise to, or to undergo, eclosion.
    • In a 17 h light : 7 h dark regimen, H. cecropa eclose in the morning and A. pemyi, in the evening.2003, Handbook of Zoology, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 249

Questions about eclosed

What is eclosed the simple past and past participle of?
Eclosed is the simple past and past participle of eclose.

Words near eclosed in the dictionary

  1. eclogitized
  2. eclogs
  3. eclogue
  4. eclogues
  5. eclose
  6. eclosed
  7. ecloses
  8. eclosing
  9. eclosion
  10. eclosions
  11. eclosure

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