羽う化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

emergence; eclosion; growing wings

Zoological term for the final molt when an insect becomes an adult and its wings expand. Used as a noun or with する to describe the process.

• セミの幼よう虫ちゅうが羽う化かして成せい虫ちゅうになった。

  The cicada nymph emerged and became an adult.

• 羽う化かしたばかりのトンボの羽はねはまだ柔やわらかい。

  The wings of a dragonfly that has just emerged are still soft.