Look up: Ecdysis

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   Ecdysis
   Moulting or discarding of in-expansible portions of cuticle in arthropods, after which there is an increase in size of the individual's body before the newly secreted cuticle hardens.
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   Ecdysis
   The process of skin shedding.
   Found on http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/help/gl
   
   
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   Ecdysis
   The shedding of skin.
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   Ecdysis
   Ec'dy·sis noun ; plural Ecdyses . [ New Latin , from Greek 'e`kdysis a getting out, from '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; exuviat ...
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   ecdysis
   Origin: NL, fr. Gr. 'ekdysis a getting out, fr. 'ekdyein, to put off; 'ek out + dyein to enter. ... <biology> 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. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Ecdysis
   `Ecdysis` is the moulting of the cuticula in arthropods and related groups (Ecdysozoa). Since the cuticula of these animals is also the skeletal support of the body and is inelastic, it is shed during growth and a new, larger covering is formed. The old skin is called an exuvia. After moulting, an arthropod is described as `teneral`; it is `fresh`, pale and soft-bodied. Within one or two hours, the cuticle hardens and darkens following a tanning...
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   Ecdysis
   • (n.) 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.
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   ecdysis
   (from the article `molt`) The process of shedding an external skeleton for the purpose of growth or change in shape (see metamorphosis) is called ecdysis; it occurs in such ... ...hormone is transferred in the blood to the thoracic glands in the body region called the thorax. It stimulates the production and release from the ... ...f...
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   ecdysis
   ecdysis (s), ecdyses (pl) 1. The act of undressing as an expression of sexual exhibitionism which is identified by psychiatrists. 2. A morbid tendency to disrobe in order to provoke useless erotic stimulation in the opposite sex. 3. The act of shedding or molting the outer exoskeleton or cuticle. 5. The shedding of the outer layer of skin...
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    Ecdysis
    The process of casting the skin; molting.
    Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Sp
    
    
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    Ecdysis
    Moulting; the periodic casting off of the cuticle.
    Found on http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Sp