Meanings
verbeclose (third-person singular simple present ecloses, present participle eclosing, simple past and past participle eclosed)
present singular third person ecloses · participle present eclosing · participle past eclosed · past eclosed
- intransitiveTo 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
Origin
Back-formation from eclosion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German entpuppen
- entpuppengive rise to or undergo eclosion
Japanese 羽化する, 孵化する
- 羽化する (uka suru)give rise to or undergo eclosion
- 孵化する (fuka suru)give rise to or undergo eclosion
Vietnamese vũ hóa
- vũ hóagive rise to or undergo eclosion
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APA
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Chicago
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