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eclosion

eclosion noun: the emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.

eclosion: the emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg
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Noun

eclosion (countable and uncountable, plural eclosions)

  1. The emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.

eclosion meaning in Tamil

eclosion in Tamil

பொரிதல்

Forms of eclosion

pluraleclosions
alternative formeclosure

Origin of eclosion

Borrowed from French éclosion.

Questions about eclosion

What does eclosion mean?
Eclosion means the emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg.
What is eclosion in Tamil?
Eclosion in Tamil is பொரிதல். See Eclosion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is eclosion?
Eclosion is a noun.
What is the plural of eclosion?
The plural of eclosion is eclosions.

Words near eclosion in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eclosion (page history and authors); eclosion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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