Process of molting

• Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
• Shedding of a skin
• Gypsy Rose Lee specialty
• Molting
• Skin shedding

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ecdysis is the moulting of the exoskeleton in arthropods and other animals. Ecdysis may also refer to: Ecdysis , an album by Miho Hatori Note: Ecdysiast is a euphemism for a striptease artist.

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)]

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, ...