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Ecdysis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear; as distinct from the term "moulting", not in reference to the shedding of hair or feathers. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles wordnet
  3. 3
    The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”).

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