Ecdysis

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.

Compare ecdysis with other words:

ecdysis vs. endysis

ecdyses vs. ecdysis

ecdysis vs. mobile

ecdysis vs. sloughing

ecdysis vs. moulting

ecdysis vs. insect

crustacean vs. ecdysis

ecdysis vs. skin

ecdysis vs. shedding

callow vs. ecdysis