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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Ecdysis (0.01043 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ecdysis
ecdysis
n : periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer
skin in reptiles [syn:
molt,
molting,
moult,
moulting]
[also:
ecdyses (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ecdysis
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.
[1913 Webster]
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