exit hole

collocation in English

meaningsofexitandhole

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exit
noun[C]
uk
/ˈek.sɪt/us
/ˈek.sɪt/
the door through which you might leave a building or ...
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hole
noun[C]
uk
/həʊl/us
/hoʊl/
an empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the object's surface, or an opening that goes completely through ...
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(Definition ofexitandholefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Presence of an insect larva, pupa, adult, orexitholeon a samara was used as evidence of bruchid beetle infestation.
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The ions produced in such a way are stopped and transported by a gas flow through theexitholeto a vacuum chamber.
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The adult wasp emerges after cutting anexitholethrough to the outside of the gall.
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After a male had sensed the presence of an adult chewing itsexithole, he would wait next to the enlarging hole.
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While the female gaster was clearing theexithole, the male kept a tight grip on the female with his legs and immediately started copulating.
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Each sphere was backed by a weak spring, and as it was brought into position below the singleexithole, the sphere would spring free and continue its rise unimpeded.
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Adults emerge through a newly cutexitholein the side of the stalk.
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Near the base of the bud anexitholeis cut where pupation takes place in the fall.
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Full-grown larva cut anexitholein the stem, leaving only a thin layer of epidermis to cover theexithole.
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After cutting theexithole, the larva retreats a short distance into its tunnel and pupates.
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The larvae will pupate while inside, then chew a circularexithole, and emerge as an adult beetle.
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It breaks the skin surface left by the larva by force and leaves theexithole.
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Frequently, the only exterior evidence of the shrub's use by the beetle is anexitholecreated by the larva just before the pupal stage.
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A silken tube is often protruded from theexithole.
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In fall, they cut a circularexitholeat the base where pupation takes place.
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The mature larva tunnels upwards in the plantain stalk to an average height of one meter, where it makes anexithole.
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