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Answer for the clue "Lobsters' sheddings ", 7 letters:
ecdyses

Word definitions for ecdyses in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: molt , molting , moult , moulting ] [also: ecdyses (pl)]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of ecdysis English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ecdysis \Ec"dy*sis\, n.; pl. Ecdyses . [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis a getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out + dy`ein to enter.] (Biol.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, ...