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• Molting
• Skin shedding
• Shedding of a skin

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.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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 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)]