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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Ecdyses

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[NL., fr. Gr.

ἔκδυσισ

a getting out, fr.

ἐκδύειν

, to put off;

ἐκ

out +

δύειν

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.

ecdysis

ecdysis ‎(plural ecdyses)

The shedding of an outer layer of skin in snakes and certain other animals; moulting
The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.