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Ecdysis

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ecdysis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/ecdysis.html. 1828.