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eclosion

[ ih-kloh-zhuhn ]

noun

Entomology.
  1. the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
  2. the hatching of a larva from its egg.


eclosion

/ ɪˈəʊə /

noun

  1. the emergence of an insect larva from the egg or an adult from the pupal case
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of eclosion1

1885–90; < French éDzDz, equivalent to éDz (past participle of éǰ to hatch < Vulgar Latin *泦ܻŧ, for Latin 泦ūŧ to hatch, exclude ) + -ion -ion
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of eclosion1

C19: from French éDzDz, from éǰ to hatch, ultimately from Latin 泦ū to shut out, exclude
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Recordings were performed on adult females 7days after eclosion using an established optics setup.

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Flies were collected within ~8 h after eclosion without using CO2 anaesthesia.

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Recordings were performed on adult female flies 5 days after eclosion, except that 7-day flies were used in UAS-rpr experiments, and flies 24–36h after eclosion were used in UAS-TNT experiments because TNT-expressing ORNs began to lose spike activities in older flies.

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Flies were tested 24–32h after eclosion after ~24h starvation.

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Female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes were used ~4 days after eclosion.

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