ecdysis

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Noun

ecdysis

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

Related terms

• ecdysiast
• ecdysiotropic
• ecdysone

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