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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ecdysis \Ec"dy*sis\, n.; pl {Ecdyses}. [NL., fr Gr 'e`kdysis a getting out fr 'ekdy`ein, to put off 'ek out + dy`ein 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ecdysis n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles [syn: {molt}, {molting}, {moult}, {moulting}]
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