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Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
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ecdysis
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Ecdysis is Miho Hatori 's first solo album after a series of contributions to diverse bands, including Cibo Matto , Gorillaz , the Beastie Boys , and Smokey & Miho . It was released on October 21, 2005 in Japan under the Speedstar International label. The ...
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n. 1 The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting 2 The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.
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n. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: molt , molting , moult , moulting ] [also: ecdyses (pl)]
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Her lips fell away from her teeth in a rictus that was more smile than grin and then a kind of ecdysis began and her flesh ceased to shimmer and turned a dull gray.