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English
Verb
eclose (third-person singular simple present ecloses, present participle eclosing, simple past and past participle eclosed)
- (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.
Translations
give rise to or undergo eclosion