单词 | ecdysis |
释义 | ecdysis (once / 622069 pages) n WORD FAMILY ecdysis: ecdyses USAGE EXAMPLESEcdysis is the process of molting, when an insect sheds its skin and transforms, a period of great promise and vulnerability. Washington Post(Mar 02, 2016) Sub-imago.—Among the Hexapoda generally there is no subsequent ecdysis nor any further growth after the assumption of the winged state. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) It would be unfortunate were it not so, for growth involves ecdysis, and growth is the law of nature. McDonald, James Daley, Adequate Preparation for the Teache...(2010) n periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles Syn|Hyper molt, molting, moult, moulting shedding, sloughing the process whereby something is shed |
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