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.
セミの幼虫が羽化して成虫になった。
The cicada nymph emerged and became an adult.
羽化したばかりのトンボの羽はまだ柔らかい。
The wings of a dragonfly that has just emerged are still soft.