Found 3 hits - Term: ecdyses, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ecdysis \ec"dysis\, 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.
1913 webster
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ecdyses
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ecdyses
see ecdysis
see also:
ecdysis
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ecdysis
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles syn: molt, molting, moult, moulting
also: ecdyses pl
see also:
molt molting moult moulting ecdyses
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