eclose

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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.
    Coordinate term: pupate
    • 2003, Handbook of Zoology, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 249:
      In a 17 h light : 7 h dark regimen, H. cecropa eclose in the morning and A. pemyi, in the evening.

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