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• Process of molting
• Periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
• Skin shedding
• Molting
• Shedding of a skin

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, ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...