Ecdysis

[ekdisis]

Definition

(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.

Typist: Rowland

Definition

n. the act of casting off an integument as in serpents.

Typist: Osborn