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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eclose /ɪˈkləʊz/

▶verb Entomology (of an insect) emerge as an adult from the pupa or as a larva from the egg.

– derivatives
eclosion noun.

– origin back-form. from earlier (C19) eclosion: from Fr. éclore ‘to hatch’.

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