Definitions for ecdysisˈɛk də sɪs; -ˌsiz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ec•dy•sisˈɛk də sɪs; -ˌsiz(n.)(pl.)-ses

  1. the shedding or casting off of an outer coat or integument by snakes, crustaceans, etc.

    Category: Zoology

Origin of ecdysis:

1850–55; < Gk ékdysis=ekdý(ein) to strip off (ek-ec - +dýein to cause to enter) +-sis -sis

ec•dys′i•al-ˈdɪz i əl, -ˈdɪʒ əl(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. molt, molting, moult, moulting, ecdysis(noun)

    periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles

Wiktionary

  1. ecdysis(Noun)

    The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes, crustaceans and insects; moulting

  2. Origin: From ἔκδυσις, from ἐκδύω, from ἐκ + δύω.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ecdysis(noun)

    the act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation


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