What is "ecdyses"

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, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.

n. (plural of ecdysis English)

See ecdysis

1. n. periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: molt, molting, moult, moulting]

2. [also: ecdyses (pl)]