HyperDic: ecdysis

English > 1 sense of the word ecdysis:
NOUNprocessecdysis, molt, molting, moult, moultingperiodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
English > ecdysis: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningPeriodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles.
Synonymsmolt, molting, moult, moulting
Broadershedding, sloughingThe process whereby something is shed
Spanishmuda
Catalanècdisi, muda

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