eclose
intransitive verb
ēˈklōz
-ed/-ing/-s
of an insect
: to emerge from the eggshell or pupal case
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from eclosion
- clap up
- clap-in-clap-out
- clapbacks
- clapboard
- clapboarded
- clapboarder
- clapboardest
- clapboarding
- clapboards
- clapbread
- clapbreads
- clapdish
- Clapeyron equation
- clapeyron's equation
- clapmatch
- clapnest
- clapnet
- clapnets
- clapometers
- clapped
- clapped (together or up)
- clapped back
- clapped together or up
- clapped-out
- clapper