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eclosing

eclosing is the present participle and gerund 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 eclosing

What is eclosing the present participle and gerund of?
Eclosing is the present participle and gerund of eclose.

Words near eclosing in the dictionary

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

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