ecdysisn.

/ˈɛkdɪsɪs/

Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἔκδυσις, < ἐκδύειν to put off.

The action of stripping or casting off, esp. of slough or dead skin in serpents and caterpillars, or of the chitinous integument in Crustacea. Also concrete that which is cast off, slough.

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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > casting or shedding part of body

sloughing1835

exuviation1836

ecdysis1863

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. iv. 581 The change consisting in what is termed ‘ecdysis’, a casting off, or moulting only.

1881 Nature 17 Feb. 380/1 There has not been observed any inert stage before the transformations or ecdysis.

figurative.1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 58 A skin of some dimension was cast [by ‘the human larva’] in the 16th century..a new ecdysis seems imminent.1876 M. Collins Blacksmith & Scholar (1883) 191 There is to be an ecdysis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	ecdysis
释义	ecdysisn. /ˈɛkdɪsɪs/ Etymology: modern Latin, < Greek ἔκδυσις, < ἐκδύειν to put off. The action of stripping or casting off, esp. of slough or dead skin in serpents and caterpillars, or of the chitinous integument in Crustacea. Also concrete that which is cast off, slough. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > casting or shedding part of body sloughing1835 exuviation1836 ecdysis1863 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) ii. iv. 581 The change consisting in what is termed ‘ecdysis’, a casting off, or moulting only. 1881 Nature 17 Feb. 380/1 There has not been observed any inert stage before the transformations or ecdysis. figurative.1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 58 A skin of some dimension was cast [by ‘the human larva’] in the 16th century..a new ecdysis seems imminent.1876 M. Collins Blacksmith & Scholar (1883) 191 There is to be an ecdysis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1863
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