1) Gypsy Rose Lee specialty 2) Molt 3) Molting 4) Molting, to biologists 5) Moult 6) Moulting 7) Shedding 8) Shedding of a skin 9) Skin shedding 10) Sloughing
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1) Molt 2) Molting 3) Moult 4) Moulting
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After moulting, an arthropod is described as teneral, a callow; it is `fresh`, pale and soft-bodied. Within one or two hours, the cuticle hardens and darkens following a tanning process similar to that of the tanning of leather. It is during this short phase that the animal expands, since growth is otherwise constrained by the rigidity of the ex.....
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The act of losing or removing the dead, keratinous, outermost layer of epidermis. In snakes, the old skin is usually rolled off in one piece; in most other reptiles and amphibians it may come off in pieces, and is often pulled off with the teeth and then swallowed (Peters 1964).
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• (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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Molting. The act of shedding the old shell when it is outgrown. Will result in a crab about one-third larger in size. The new shell takes two to three days to harden.
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(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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The moulting process, by which a young insect changes its outer skin or pupal case.
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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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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 o...
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The shedding of skin.
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shedding of the skin.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ek′di-sis Definitions: 1. Desquamation, sloughing, or molting as a necessary phenomenon to permit growth in arthropods and skin renewal in amphibians and reptiles.
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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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Moulting; the periodic casting off of the cuticle.
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The process of casting the skin; molting.
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moulting of the arthropod cuticle.
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The process of skin shedding.
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Periodic shedding of the exoskeleton by insects and other arthropods to allow growth. Prior to shedding, a new soft and expandable layer is laid down underneath the existing one. The old layer then splits, the animal moves free of it, and the new layer expands and hardens
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the process of molting, or shedding the exoskeleton.
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