ecdysis

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans.

Konzepte

Häutung

Mauser

Mauserung

Ecdysis

Haarwechsel

Exuvie

Synonyme

moulting

molting

moult

molt

exuviation

peeling

decrustation

decortication

Übersetzungen

muda

mue

muta

ecdise

muda

exuviation

Mue des arthropodes

mue des arthropodes

ecdisi

ecdysis

rui

vervelling

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”).