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ecdysis
[ ek-duh-sis ]
noun
- the shedding or casting off of an outer coat or integument by snakes, crustaceans, etc.
ecdysis
/ 藞蓻办诲瑟蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- the periodic shedding of the cuticle in insects and other arthropods or the outer epidermal layer in reptiles See also ecdysone
Derived Forms
- 别肠藞诲测蝉颈补濒, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 别肠路诲测蝉路颈路补濒 [ek-, diz, -ee-, uh, l, -, dizh, -, -, dizh, -, uh, l], adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ecdysis1
Example Sentences
Linear webs hang loosely on the wall, like residue from an autopsy surgeon鈥檚 scalpel, while snakelike shapes seem to be in the process of shedding their skin 鈥 ecdysis, as internal development outgrows its container.
Mencken in 1940, from the Greek ecdysis, meaning 鈥渁 stripping or casting off.鈥
The growth of an insect is usually rapid, and as the cuticle does not share therein, it is from time to time cast off by moulting or ecdysis.
It would be unfortunate were it not so, for growth involves ecdysis, and growth is the law of nature.
Thus in the life-story of an insect or other arthropod, such as a lobster, a spider, or a centipede, there must be a succession of cuticle-castings鈥'moults' or ecdyses as they are often called.
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