Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ecdysis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ecdysis
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn: {molt}, {molting}, {moult}, {moulting}]
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