"ecdysis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ecdyses [plural], ecdysises [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἔκδυσις||stripping}} Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), {{m|grc|ἐκδύω||I take off}} ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), {{m|grc|ἐκ||out}} ἐκ (ek, “out”), {{m|grc|δύω||I get in}} δύω (dúō, “I get in”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|ecdyses|ecdysises}} ecdysis (countable and uncountable, plural ecdyses or ecdysises)
  1. The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear; as distinct from the term "moulting", not in reference to the shedding of hair or feathers. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ecdysis-en-noun-h-bAdUsr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 67 33
  2. The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-ecdysis-en-noun-VMNpQCVR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ecdysiast, ecdysiotropic, ecdysone

Inflected forms

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