"ecdyse" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɛk.daɪz/ Audio: En-us-ecdyse.ogg [US] Forms: ecdyses [present, singular, third-person], ecdysing [participle, present], ecdysed [participle, past], ecdysed [past]
Etymology: Derived from ecdysis, the biological process of shedding or molting. From Ancient Greek ekdúsis (“a stripping off, shedding”), via English ecdysis (“molting; shedding of an outer layer”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} ecdyse (third-person singular simple present ecdyses, present participle ecdysing, simple past and past participle ecdysed)
  1. (intransitive) To undergo ecdysis. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-ecdyse-en-verb-TTre7yi1
  2. (intransitive) To shed an outer layer of skin, exoskeleton, or cuticle; to moult. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: exuviate, peel
    Sense id: en-ecdyse-en-verb-6LbG1TPp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Zoology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Zoology: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ecdysed, ecdyses, ecdysing, ecdysone, ecdysis
Categories (other): Entomology Disambiguation of Entomology: 0 0

Inflected forms

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