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Shedding of a skin
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ecdysis
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Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates. This process of moulting is the defining feature of the clade Ecdysozoa , comprising the arthropods , nematodes , velvet worms , horsehair worms , tardigrades , and Cephalorhyncha . Since 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.
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, ...
WordNet
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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)]
Usage examples of ecdysis.
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.